Genus: Phrynichus Karsch, 1879 | Family: Phrynichidae Simon, 1892 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Phrynichus spinitarsus Weygoldt, 1998

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phrynichus spinitarsus

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:41fffc31-f873-4944-af96-f8fbe22cfc79

Taxonomic references

Not Myodalis jayakari (Pocock):

Sertoria, 1956: 89–92, figs. 1–6, a–b (misidentification)

Phrynichus jayakari Pocock:

Delle Cave and Simonetta, 1975: 143–150, figs. 1–2 (in part)

Phrynichus spinitarsus Weygoldt:

Weygoldt, 1998c: 14–16, figs. 30–34 original description
Weygoldt, 2000b: 343, 346
Harvey, 2003c: 18

Distribution
Distribution table
Somalia
Type locality: Galgalo, Migiurtinia, Bari, Somalia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Galgalo 10.983333 49.066666
Type repository
  • Holotype Museo Zoologico La Specola, Università di Firenze (MZUF), Italy Female (MZUF coll 129)
References

Delle Cave, L. & Simonetta, A.M. (1975). Taxonomic notes on the Amblypygi (Arachnida Chelicerata) from Ethiopia and Somalia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, n.s., Supplemento 6: 141–166. -- 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

Sertoria, T. (1956). Osservazioni su una rara species di Amblypygi (Arachnida): Myodalis jayakari (Pocock). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 69: 89–93. -- 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. (2000b). African whip spiders. Synopsis of the Amblypygi reported from Africa (Arachnida). Memorie della Societé Entomologica Italiana, Supplemento 78: 339–359. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-05-06 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1998
2024-04-17 Species updated Old value
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Weygoldt, 1998
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Delle Cave and Simonetta, 1975
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Sertoria, 1956
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value