Phrynus mexicanus Poinar and Brown, 2004

SPECIES |   HOMONYM

Original combination: Phrynus mexicana

CAINOZOIC: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:2c9790f4-4b8c-4dfb-8155-8f8d2f57e4fe


Taxonomic references

Phrynus mexicanus Poinar and Brown:

Poinar and Brown, 2004: 1882–1883, figs. 1–9, photos 695–696 (as Phrynus mexicana [sic]) original description
Dunlop, Harvey and Poinar, 2015: 201–203 (junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867)

Distribution
Distribution table
Mexico
Type locality: Amber mine in Simojovel, Chiapas, Mexico. (Late Oligocene-Early Miocene)

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Simojovel 17.133333 -92.716666
Type repository
  • Holotype Poinar Amber Collection, Oregon State University (OSU), Corvallis, OR, USA Juvenile, Mexican amber (Accession # A-10-264)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2EF1B78D-FBBD-416F-B4FC-3E8BED5D281E

References

Poinar, G.O., Jr & Brown, A.E. (2004). A new whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi), Phrynus mexicana, is described from Mexican amber. Beiträge zur Araneologie 3: 1881–1885. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A., Harvey, M.S. & Poinar, G.O., Jr (2015). Case 3687. Phrynus mexicanus Poinar & Brown, 2004 (Arachnida, Amblypygi, PHRYNIDAE): proposed conservation of the specific name as a junior primary homonym of Phrynus mexicanus Bilimek, 1867. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(3): 201–203. -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-04-24 Taxonomic reference update Poinar and Brown, 2004
2024-04-24 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop, Harvey and Poinar, 2015
2024-04-24 New taxonomic reference entry Dunlop, Harvey and Poinar, 2015
2024-04-24 Species updated Old value
2024-04-08 Species updated Old value
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update Poinar and Brown, 2004
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update
2024-04-08 Species updated Old value