Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch, 1843)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phrynus ceylonicus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:28376dbb-f652-4094-b8d3-fafab7cc0030


Taxonomic references

Phrynus ceylonicus C.L. Koch:

Koch, 1843: 35–36, fig. 776 original description
Koch, 1850: 80 (as Phrynus ceylanicus [sic])
Butler, 1873c: 119
Moritz and Fischer, 1980: 138

Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch):

Karsch, 1879c: 548 (as Phrynichus ceylanicus [sic])
Gravely, 1915b: 449–450, fig. 14
Buxton, 1917: 3 (as Phrynicus [sic] ceylonicus)
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 36 (as Phrynicus [sic] ceylonicus)
Werner, 1935a: 472, fig. 179
Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 156–158
Weygoldt, 1998c: 19–22, figs. 1–2, 39–44, 61
Weygoldt, 1999c: n/a, figs. 30–33
Weygoldt, 2000a: n/a, figs. 70, 199, 203, 247–248, 292
Weygoldt, 2000b: n/a, fig. 10
Weygoldt, 2002e: 242–243
Harvey, 2003c: 15–16
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2004: 186–187
Seiter and Hörweg, 2014: 50, 53

Tarantula reniformis (Linnaeus):

Kraepelin, 1895: 10 (in part)

Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus):

Lönnberg, 1898: 88–89 (in part)
Kraepelin, 1899a: 223 (in part)

Phrynichus ceylonicus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch):

Gravely, 1915c: 526, fig. 28

Phrynichus cf. ceylonicus (C.L. Koch):

Weygoldt, 1995a: 77–78, figs. 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15
Weygoldt, 1995b: 6–7, fig. (no number)
Weygoldt and Hoffmann, 1995: 5–7, figs. 5–10, 21–24, 30


Synonyms
Phrynichus pusillus gracillibrachiatus Gravely, 1911 -- synonymised by Weygoldt, 1998c: 22
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Phrynichus pusillus var. gracillibrachiatus Gravely:
Gravely, 1911c: 140 original description
Weygoldt, 1998c: 22 (synonymised with Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch, 1843))
Phrynichus ceylonicus var. gracillibrachiatus Gravely:
Gravely, 1915b: 450–452
Gravely, 1915c: 527
Phrynichus ceylonicus gracilibrachiatus Gravely:
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 36 (as Phrynicus [sic] ceylonicus gracilibrachiatus [sic])
Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: South Asia

Sri Lanka
Type locality: Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Sri Lanka (IMPRECISE) 8 81
Type repository
  • Holotype Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany Female (ZMHB 820)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9B61A8EC-7E25-4727-A785-8B3C4BFEE6A3

References

Butler, A.G. (1873c). A monographic revision of the genus Phrynus, with descriptions of four remarkable new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 12: 117–125. -- Show included taxa

Buxton, B.H. (1917). Notes on the anatomy of arachnids. Journal of Morphology 29: 1–31. -- Show included taxa

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. (1968). Spiders, scorpions, centipedes and mites. Pergamon Press, Oxford. [revised edition] -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F.H. (1911c). The species of Ceylon Pedipalpi. Spolia Zeylanica 7: 135–139. -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F.H. (1915b). A revision of the Oriental subfamilies of Tarantulidae (order Pedipalpi). Records of the Indian Museum 11: 433–455. -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F.H. (1915c). Notes on the habits of Indian insects, myriapods and arachnids. Records of the Indian Museum 11: 483–539. -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2004). Opinion 2082. Phrynus ceylonicus C.L. Koch, 1843 (Arachnida, Amblypygi): specific name given precedence over the specific names of Phalangium reniforme Linnaeus, 1758 and Phalangium lunatum Pallas, 1772. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61: 186–187. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1879c). Arachnologische Beiträge. V. Zur Arachnidenfauna Ceylan's. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 52: 547–562. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C.L. (1843). Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur Abgebildet und Beschrieben. C.H. Zeh'schen, Nürnberg 10. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C.L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. J.L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg 5. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1895). Revision der Tarantuliden Fabr.. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 13(3): 3–53. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1899a). Scorpiones und Pedipalpi. Tierreich 8: i–xviii, 1–265. -- Show included taxa

Lönnberg, E. (1898). A revision of the Linnean type specimens of scorpions and pedipalps in the Zoological Museum of the Royal University at Upsala. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1: 82–89. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. (1931). Pedipalpos do Brasil e algumas notas sobre a ordem. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 33: 8–72. -- Show included taxa

Moritz, M. & Fischer, S.-C. (1980). Die Typen der Arachniden-Sammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. II. Uropygi, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Ricinulei, Solifuga. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 56: 137–154. -- Show included taxa

Seiter, M. & Hörweg, C. (2014). The whip spider collection (Arachnida, Amblypygi) held in the Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 46: 47–53. -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1935a). Klasse: Arachnoidea, Spinnentiere. Pedipalpen. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 5(IV)(8)(3): 317–490. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1995a). The development of the phrynichid "hand": notes on allometric growth and introduction of the new generic name Euphrynichus (Arachnida, Amblypygi). Zoologischer Anzeiger 234: 75–84. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1995b). A whip spider that ate rolled oats, with observations on prey-capture behaviour in whip spiders. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 74: 6–8. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1998c). Revision of the species of Phrynichus Karsch, 1879 and Euphrynichus Weygoldt, 1995 (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Zoologica, Stuttgart 147: 1–65. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (1999c). Spermatophores and the evolution of female genitalia in whip spiders (Chelicerata, Amblypygi). Journal of Arachnology 27: 103–116. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000a). Whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). Their biology, morphology and systematics. Apollo Books, Stenstrup. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2000b). African whip spiders. Synopsis of the Amblypygi reported from Africa (Arachnida). Memorie della Societé Entomologica Italiana, Supplemento 78: 339–359. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. (2002e). Phrynus ceylonicus C.L. Koch, 1843 (Arachnida, Amblypygi): proposed precedence of the specific name over Phalangium reniforme Linnaeus, 1758 and Phalangium lunatum Pallas, 1772. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 59: 242–245. -- Show included taxa

Weygoldt, P. & Hoffmann, P. (1995). Reproductive behavior, spermatophores, and female genitalia in the whip spiders Damon diadema (Simon, 1876), Phrynichus cf. ceylonicus (C.L. Koch, 1843) and Euphrynichus alluaudi (Simon, 1936) (Chelicerata: Amblypygi). Zoologischer Anzeiger 234: 1–18. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-05-25 Species updated Old value
2024-05-06 Taxonomic reference update Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968
2024-04-17 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1995
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt and Hoffmann, 1995
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1995
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Gravely, 1915
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 2000
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1999
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1998
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Werner, 1935
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Gravely, 1915
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Koch, 1843
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value