Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

SPECIES |   NOMEN DUBIUM

Original combination: Phalangium reniforme

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:17215331-b124-4d95-8c50-1de763dd5e60


Genus type of Phrynichus Karsch, 1879

Taxonomic references

Phalangium reniforme Linnaeus:

Linnaeus, 1758: 619 original description
Linnaeus, 1760: 619
Linnaeus, 1764: 427
Linnaeus, 1767: 1029
Pallas, 1772: 33–35, plate III, figs. 3–4
Fabricius, 1775: 441
Pallas, 1777: 44–46, plate 3, figs. 3–4
Fabricius, 1781: 548–549
Fabricius, 1787: 347
Linnaeus, 1788: 2945
Herbst in Lichtenstein and Herbst, 1797: 79–82, plate V, fig. 1
Shaw, 1806: 472–473, plate 126
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2004: 186–187

Tarantula reniformis (Linnaeus):

Fabricius, 1793: 432–433
Lichtenstein, 1796: 219
Leach, 1814: 428
Pocock, 1894d: 297
Kraepelin, 1895: 10, figs. 1, 6 (see also Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch), Phrynichus deflersi Simon, Phrynichus jayakari Pocock, Phrynichus madagascariensis Weygoldt, Phrynichus nigrimanus (C.L. Koch), Phrynichus phipsoni Pocock, Phrynichus pusillus Pocock and Phrynichus scaber (Gervais))
Lönnberg, 1897a: 188–189
Lönnberg, 1898: 88–89 (in part, see also Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch), Phrynichus deflersi Simon, Phrynichus jayakari Pocock and Phrynichus scaber (Gervais))

Phrynus reniformis (Linnaeus):

Lamarck, 1801: 175
Latreille, 1804: 136
Latreille, 1806: 129
Oken, 1815: 406
Latreille, 1817a: 102
Lamarck, 1818: 88
Latreille, 1818b: 12, plate 343
Duméril, 1826: 60
Latreille, 1833: n/a, plate 1, fig. 1
Oken, 1835: 701
Dugès and Edwards, 1836: n/a, plate 16, figs. 1, 1a–f
Lamarck, 1838: 118
Lamarck, 1839: 305
Koch, 1840: 12–13, fig. 600
Lucas, 1840: 327, plate 1, fig. 2
Hoeven, 1842a: 20, fig. (no number) (misidentification?)
Gervais, 1844: 5, plate 23, fig. 1
Woodward, 1872: n/a, plate IX, fig. 3
Butler, 1873c: 118, plate 6, fig. 3
Butler, 1879: 315

Tarantula (Phrynus) reniformis (Linnaeus):

Guérin-Méneville, 1838b: 9, plate 3, fig. 1

Damon reniformis (Linnaeus):

Koch, 1850: 81

Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus):

Karsch, 1879a: 197
Karsch, 1891: 302–303
Kraepelin, 1899a: 237, figs. 85–86 (see also Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch), Phrynichus deflersi Simon, Phrynichus jayakari Pocock, Phrynichus madagascariensis Weygoldt, Phrynichus nigrimanus (C.L. Koch), Phrynichus phipsoni Pocock, Phrynichus pusillus Pocock and Phrynichus scaber (Gervais))
Kraepelin, 1901b: 264
Börner, 1902d: 214
Werner, 1902: 607
Börner, 1903: n/a, fig. 14
Börner, 1904: 5, figs. 1, 11–12, 19, 32–35
Arldt, 1908: 441, 444 (p. 441, as Phrynichus renifer [sic])
Kraepelin, 1908c: 203, 205, fig. 37
Gravely, 1915b: 449
Lampe, 1918: 205
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 36 (as Phrynicus [sic] scaber)
Kästner, 1932a: n/a, figs. 14, 61
Werner, 1935a: 472, figs. 17, 29, 36, 85
Speijer, 1936b: 262
Petrunkevitch, 1955a: 126, fig. 36
Weygoldt, 1998c: 53–54 (designated as nomen dubium)
Weygoldt, 2002e: 242–243
Harvey, 2003c: 18
Harvey, 2007: 365–366

Not Tarantula reniformis (Linnaeus):

Pocock, 1894b: 404–407 (misidentification, see Phrynus tessellatus (Pocock))

Not Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus):

Strand, 1913: 326 (misidentification, see Euphrynichus bacillifer (Gerstaecker))

Distribution
Distribution table
Sri Lanka
Type locality: America (presumably in error).
Type repository
  • Holotype Uppsala University, Museum of Evolution, Zoology Section (UUZM), Uppsala, Sweden Female (UUZM 234)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C247A675-15CD-4137-963A-FDFAEF18EF7D

References

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Börner, C. (1902d). Koenenia mirabilis und andere Pedipalpen. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 12: 214–215. -- Show included taxa

Börner, C. (1903). Über die Beingliederung der Arthropoden. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender der Freunde zu Berlin 7: 292–341. -- Show included taxa

Börner, C. (1904). Beitrage zur Morphologie der Arthropoden. I. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pedipalpen. Zoologica, Stuttgart 42: 1–174. -- Show included taxa

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

Butler, A.G. (1879). Respecting a new distinction between the species of the genus Phrynus of authors. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 4: 313–316. -- Show included taxa

Dugès, A. & Edwards, M. (1836). Arachnides. In: Cuvier, G. (ed.) Le règne animal distribue d'après son organisation Fortin, Masson, Paris 15–16. [3rd edition] -- Show included taxa

Duméril, A.M.C. (1826). Phryne, Phrynus. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.) Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles F.G. Levrault, Strasbourg 40: 59–60. -- Show included taxa

Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. -- Show included taxa

Fabricius, J.C. (1781). Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. C.E. Bohnii, Hamburgi et Kilonii 1. -- Show included taxa

Fabricius, J.C. (1787). Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adjectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. C.G. Proft, Hafniae 1. -- Show included taxa

Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, obervationibus, descriptionibus. C.G. Proft, Hafniae 2. -- Show included taxa

Gervais, P. (1844). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Aptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris 3. -- 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

Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1838b). Arachnides. In: Iconographie du règne animal, de G. Cuvier J.B. Baillière, Paris 2, 3. -- 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

Harvey, M.S. (2007). The smaller arachnid orders: diversity, descriptions and distributions from Linnaeus to the present (1758 to 2007). Zootaxa 1668: 363–380. -- Show included taxa

Hoeven, J. van der (1842a). Bijdragen tot de Kennis von het geslacht Phrynus, Oliv. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 9: 68–91. -- 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. (1879a). Ueber eine neue Eintheilung der Tarantuliden (Phrynidae aut.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 45: 189–197. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1891). Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin.. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 36: 267–310. -- Show included taxa

Kästner, A. (1932a). Pedipalpi Latreille = Geissel-Scorpione. In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.) Handbuch der Zoologie Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin und Leipzig 3 (2) (2): 1–76. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C.L. (1840). Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur Abgebildet und Beschrieben. C.H. Zeh'schen, Nürnberg 8. -- 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

Kraepelin, K. (1901b). Catalogue des Pédipalpes des collections du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 7: 263–264. -- Show included taxa

Kraepelin, K. (1908c). Die sekundären Geschlechtscharaktere der Skorpione, Pedipalpen und Solifugen. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 25: 182–225. -- Show included taxa

Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1801). Systême des animaux sans vertèbres. Lamarck and Deterville, Paris. -- Show included taxa

Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Lanoe, Paris 5. -- Show included taxa

Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1838). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. J.B. Baillière, Paris 5. [2nd edition] -- Show included taxa

Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de (1839). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Meline, Bruxelles. [3rd edition] -- Show included taxa

Lampe, E. (1918). Katalog der Skorpione, Pedipalpen und Solifugen des Naturhistorischen Museums in der Residenzstadt Wiesbaden. Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 70: 185–208. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P.A. (1804). Histoire naturelle, generale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. F. Dufart, Paris 7: 130–132. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P.A. (1806). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Amand Koenig, Paris 1. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P.A. (1817a). Les Arachnides. In: Cuvier, G. (ed.) Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation Déterville, Paris 3. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P.A. (1818b). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. V. Agasse, Paris 24. -- Show included taxa

Latreille, P.A. (1833). The classes Annelida, Crustacea, and Arachnida arranged by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith and Edward Pigeon. In: Cuvier, G. (ed.) The animal kingdom Whittaker, Treacher, and Co., London 13. -- Show included taxa

Leach, W.E. (1814). Crustaceology. In: Brewster, D. (ed.) The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia Blackwood, Edinburgh 7: 383–437. -- Show included taxa

Lichtenstein, A.A.H. (1796). Catalogus musei zoologici ditissimi Hamburgi, d. III. Februar. 1796 auctionis lege distrahendi. Sectio Tertia. Continens Insecta. Schniebes, Hamburg. -- Show included taxa

Lichtenstein, A.A.H. & Herbst, J.F.W. (1797). Naturgeschichte der Insekten-Gattungen Solpuga und Phalangium. In: Herbst, J.F.W. (ed.) Natursystem der Ungeflügelten Insekten G.A. Lange, Berlin 1: viii, 88. -- Show included taxa

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae. L. Salvii, Holmiae 1. [10th edition] -- Show included taxa

Linnaeus, C. (1760). Systema naturae. Io. Iac. Curt., Halae Magdeburgicae 1. [11th edition] -- Show included taxa

Linnaeus, C. (1764). Museum Sae Rae Mtis Ludovicae Ulricae reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque. Holmiae, Stockholm. -- Show included taxa

Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae. L. Salvii, Holmiae 1 (2). [12th edition (editio duodecima reformata)] -- Show included taxa

Linnaeus, C. (1788). Systema naturae. G.E. Beer, Lipsiae 1(5). [13th edition, cura J.F. Gmelin] -- Show included taxa

Lönnberg, E. (1897a). Skorpioner och Pedipalper i Upsala Universitets Zoologiska Museum. Entomologisk Tidskrift 18: 175–192. -- 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

Lucas, H. (1840). Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes. P. Duménil, Paris. -- 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

Oken, L. (1815). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. A. Schmid und Co., Jena 3. -- Show included taxa

Oken, L. (1835). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte, für alle Stände. Hoffman, Stuttgart 5 (2). -- Show included taxa

Pallas, P.S. (1772). Spicilegia Zoologica. Gottl. August. Lange, Berolini 1(9). -- Show included taxa

Pallas, P.S. (1777). Naturgeschichte merkwürdiger Thiere. Gottl. August. Lange, Berlin and Stralsund 1 (9). -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1955a). Arachnida. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. P, Arthropoda University of Kansas Press, Lawrence 2: 42–162. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R.I. (1894b). Contributions to our knowledge of the arthropod fauna of the West Indies. Part I. Scorpiones and Pedipalpi; with a supplementary note upon the freshwater Decapoda of St. Vincent. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 374–409. -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R.I. (1894d). Notes on the Pedipalpi of the family Tarantulidae contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 14: 273–298. -- Show included taxa

Shaw, G. (1806). General zoology or systematic history. G. Kearsley, London 6(1). -- Show included taxa

Speijer, E.A.M. (1936b). Die orientalischen Pedipalpi des Zoologischen Museums der Universität Berlin. Mitteilung aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 21: 249–263. -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1913). Arachnida. I. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908 Klinkhardt and Biermann, Leipzig 4: 325–474. -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1902). Die Scorpione, Pedipalpen und Solifugen in der Zoologisch-vergleichend-anatomischen Sammlung der Universität Wien. Verhandlungen der K. K. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 52: 595–608. -- 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. (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. (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

Woodward, H. (1872). On a new Arachnide from the Coal-Measures of Lancashire. Geological Magazine 9: 383–387. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-04-11 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Petrunkevitch, 1955
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Werner, 1935
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kästner, 1932
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1908
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Börner, 1904
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Börner, 1903
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1899
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Guérin-Méneville, 1838
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Butler, 1873
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Woodward, 1872
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Gervais, 1844
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Hoeven, 1842
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lucas, 1840
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Koch, 1840
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Dugès and Edwards, 1836
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Latreille, 1833
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Latreille, 1818
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1895
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Shaw, 1806
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lichtenstein and Herbst, 1797
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Pallas, 1777
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Pallas, 1772
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value