Heterophrynus is a genus of whip spiders, also known as tailless whip scorpions (order Amblypygi), of the family Phrynidae, in the monotypic subfamily Heterophryninae.[1]
| Heterophrynus | |
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| Indeterminate species of Heterophrynus from Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Phrynidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterophryninae |
| Genus: | Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| Heterophrynus cheiracanthus (Gervais, 1842)
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Species edit
There are 17 species:[1]
- Heterophrynus alces Pocock, 1902
- Heterophrynus armiger Pocock, 1902
- Heterophrynus awa Chirivi-Joya, Moreno-González & Fagua, 2020
- Heterophrynus batesii (Butler, 1873)
- Heterophrynus boterorum Giupponi & Kury, 2013
- Heterophrynus caribensis Armas, Torres-Contreras & Alvarez Garcia, 2015
- Heterophrynus cervinus Pocock, 1894
- Heterophrynus cheiracanthus (Gervais, 1842), type species
- Heterophrynus elaphus Pocock, 1903
- Heterophrynus gorgo (Wood, 1869)
- Heterophrynus guacharo de Armas, 2015
- Heterophrynus longicornis (Butler, 1873)
- Heterophrynus pumilio C.L. Koch, 1840
- Heterophrynus seriatus Mello-Leitão, 1940
- Heterophrynus silviae Giupponi & Kury, 2013
- Heterophrynus vesanicus Mello-Leitão, 1931
- Heterophrynus yarigui Alvarez Garcia, de Armas & Diaz Perez, 2015
References edit
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- ^ a b "Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 23 April 2023.