Euphrynichus bacillifer (Gerstaecker, 1873)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phrynus bacillifer

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Genus type of Euphrynichus Weygoldt, 1995

Taxonomic references

Phrynus bacillifer Gerstaecker:

Gerstaecker, 1873: 472 original description
Moritz and Fischer, 1980: 138

Phrynichus bacillifer (Gerstaecker):

Karsch, 1879a: 195
Simon, 1887b: 455 (as Phryniscus [sic] bacillifer)
Pereyaslawzewa, 1897a: 320–321 (as Phryniscus [sic] bacillifer)
Kraepelin, 1899a: 237–238 (in part, see Euphrynichus alluaudi (Simon, 1936))
Kraepelin, 1901b: 264
Werner, 1902: 606
Börner, 1904: 5, fig. 48
Tullgren, 1907b: 2
Arldt, 1908: 441, 443
Kraepelin, 1908c: 205, 208
Kraepelin, 1913: 188
Gravely, 1915b: 455 (in part, see Euphrynichus alluaudi (Simon, 1936))
Lessert, 1915: 83
Strand, 1916: 71
Lampe, 1918: 205
Loveridge, 1925: 308
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 36, fig. 4 (as Phrynicos [sic] alluaudi)
Kästner, 1932a: n/a, figs. 45, 85
Werner, 1935a: 472, fig. 146
Whittick, 1940: 369–374, figs. 1a, 1c–d, 2a–c, 4a–c, 5a, 5c–d
Fage, 1946b: 260
Millot, 1948a: 148 (as Phrynicus [sic] bacilifer [sic])
Snodgrass, 1948: n/a, fig. 8b
Fage, 1951: 10–11, fig. 1
Fage, 1954: 180, fig. 1
Lawrence, 1955: 261
Lawrence, 1968a: 5–6, fig. 2b
Lawrence, 1969b: 81, 86 (in part, see Phrynichus exophthalmus Whittick)
Quintero, 1975: 161, fig. 19
Humphreys, 1987: n/a, fig. 5f (as Phryniscus [sic] exophthalmus)
Humphreys, 1995: 178, fig. 5a

Tarantula bacillifera (Gerstaecker):

Kraepelin, 1895: 12–13, fig. 10 (in part, see Euphrynichus alluaudi (Simon, 1936))
Simon in Fage and Simon, 1936: 297, figs. 1d–g

Euphrynichus bacillifer (Gerstaecker):

Weygoldt, 1995a: 81
Huber, 1998: 12
Weygoldt, 1998b: 267–272, figs. 30–41
Weygoldt, 1998c: 48–53, figs. 108–115, 117
Weygoldt, 1999c: n/a, figs. 34–35
Weygoldt, 2000a: n/a, figs. 37, 148–149, 200, 292
Weygoldt, 2000b: 343–344, 346
Harvey, 2003c: 15
Dunlop and Barov, 2005 [2006]: n/a, fig. 15
Réveillion, 2009: n/a, figs. (no numbers)
Arabi, Judson, Deharveng, Lourenco, Cruaud and Hassanin, 2012: n/a, fig. 2a
Rehm, Pick, Borner, Markl and Burmester, 2012: 3
Seiter and Hörweg, 2014: 50, 53
Réveillion, Montuire, Maquart, Fétiveau and Bollache, 2021: 1005, table 1

Not Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus):

Strand, 1913: 326 (misidentification)


Synonyms
Phrynichus telekii Simon, 1890 -- synonymised by Kraepelin, 1895: 12
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Phrynichus telekii Simon:
Simon, 1890b: 129 (as Phryniscus [sic] telekii) original description
Kraepelin, 1895: 12 (synonymised with Euphrynichus bacillifer (Gerstaecker, 1873))
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 37 (as Phrynicus [sic] telekii)
Vandel, 1965: 94 (as Phryniscus [sic] telekii)
Tarantula telekii (Simon):
Simon in Fage and Simon, 1936: 298, figs. 1h–k
Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: Africa

Angola
Congo - Kinshasa (Zaire)
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Type locality: Zanzibar Island (as "Insel Sansibar"), Tanzania.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Zanzibar Island -6.166666 39.366666
Type repository
  • Syntype Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany 1 male, 1 female, (ZMB 2342)
Zoobank LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0233905A-8D23-4C48-BD10-5D163B11F866

References

Arabi, J., Judson, M.L., Deharveng, L., Lourenco, W.R., Cruaud, C. & Hassanin, A. (2012). Nucleotide composition of CO1 sequences in Chelicerata (Arthropoda): detecting new mitogenomic rearrangements. Journal of Molecular Evolution 74: 81–95. -- Show included taxa

Arldt, T. (1908). Die Ausbreitung einiger Arachnidenordnungen (Mygalomorphen, Skorpione, Pedipalpen, Solipugen, Palpigraden). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 74: 389–458. -- 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

Dunlop, J.A. & Barov, V. (2005 [2006]). A new fossil whip spider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Crato Formation of Brazil. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 12: 53–62. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1946b). Complément a la faune des Arachnides de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2) 18: 256–267. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1951). Pedipalpes (Amblypyges) récoltés en Angola par M. A. de Barros Machado. Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, Publiçacões Culturais 13: 9–17. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. (1954). Remarques sur la distribution géographique des Pédipalpes Amblypyges africains, accompagnées de la description d'une espèce nouvelle de Madagascar: Charinus madagascariensis, nov. sp.. Annales du Musée du Congo Belge, Sciences Zoologiques 1: 180–184. -- Show included taxa

Fage, L. & Simon, E. (1936). Mission Scientifique de l'Omo, Tome III. - Fascicule 30. Arachnida III. Pedipalpi, Scorpiones, Solifuga et Araneae (1re partie).. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 4: 293–340. -- Show included taxa

Gerstaecker, A. (1873). Gliedertierfauna des Sansibargebietes. Arachnoidea. In: Decken, C.C. von der (ed.) Reisen in Ost-afrika in den Jahren 1859-1865 C.F. Winter, Leipzig and Heidelberg 3: 461–503. -- 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

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

Huber, S. (1998). Über die Haltung und Zucht der Geisselspinne Euphrynichus bacillifer ex Kenia. Arachnida-Post 28: 12. -- Show included taxa

Humphreys, W.F. (1987). The accoutrements of spiders' eggs (Araneae) with an exploration of their functional importance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 171–201. -- Show included taxa

Humphreys, W.F. (1995). Chorion surface features of chelicerate eggs. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 171–181. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1879a). Ueber eine neue Eintheilung der Tarantuliden (Phrynidae aut.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 45: 189–197. -- 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

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

Kraepelin, K. (1913). Neue Beiträge zur Systematik der Gliederspinnen. III. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 30: 121–196. -- 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

Lawrence, R.F. (1955). Solifugae, scorpions and Pedipalpi, with checklists and keys to South African families, genera and species. In: South African animal life. Results of the Lund Expedition in 1950-1951 Almquist and Wiksell, Stockholm 1: 152–262. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1968a). The structure of the cleaning brush on the pedipalps of some African Amblypygi (Arachnida). Journal of Zoology, London 154: 1–8. -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R.F. (1969b). A collection of African Amblypygi with keys to the subfamilies, genera and species of the Ethiopian fauna. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 80: 80–87. -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1915). Arachnides de l'Ouganda et de l'Afrique orientale allemande. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 23: 1–89. -- Show included taxa

Loveridge, A. (1925). Notes on East African scorpions and Solifugae, collected 1916–1923. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1925: 303–309. -- 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

Millot, J. (1948a). Revue générale des Arachnides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série A 1: 137–155. -- 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

Pereyaslawzewa, S. (1897a). Les premiers stades du développement de Pédipalpes. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 125: 319–321. -- Show included taxa

Quintero, D., Jr (1975). Scanning electron microscope observations on the tarsi of the legs of the amblypygids (Arachnida, Amblypygi). In: Proceedings of the 6th International Arachnological Congress Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Amsterdam: 161–163. -- Show included taxa

Rehm, P., Pick, C., Borner, J., Markl, J. & Burmester, T. (2012). The diversity and evolution of chelicerate hemocyanins. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12(1): 1–13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-19 -- Show included taxa

Réveillion, F. (2009). Observations sur les Amblypyges. Insectes 153: 11–13. -- 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

Simon, E. (1887b). Arachnides recueillis à Obock en 1886 par M. le Dr L. Faurot. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 12: 452–455. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1890b). Étude sur les Arachnides recueillis par M. L. von Höhnel, officier de a marine autrichienne, pendant l'expédition de M. le comte S. Téléki dans l'Afrique orientale équatoriale, en 1887–1888. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 10: 125–130. -- Show included taxa

Snodgrass, R.E. (1948). The feeding organs of Arachnida, including mites and ticks. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 110(10): 1–93. -- 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

Strand, E. (1916). Arachnologia varia XIV-XVIII. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82A: 70–76. -- Show included taxa

Tullgren, A. (1907b). Chelonethiden aus Natal und Zululand. In: Wirén, A. (ed.) Zoologiska studier tillägnade Professor T. Tullberg Almquist and Wiksells, Uppsala: 216–236. -- Show included taxa

Vandel, A. (1965). Biospeleology: the biology of cavernicolous animals. Pergamon Press, Edinburgh. [authorized translation] -- 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. (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. (1998b). Mating and spermatophore morphology in whip spiders (Phrynichodamon scullyi [Purcell, 1901], Damon gracilis nov. spec., Damon variegatus [Perty, 1834] and Euphrynichus bacillifer [Gerstaecker, 1873]) (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Phrynichidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 236: 259–276. -- 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

Whittick, R.J. (1940). On some African specimens of Phrynichus Karsch (Arachnida, Pedipalpi). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11) 6: 366–377. -- Show included taxa

Réveillion, F., Montuire, S., Maquart, P.-O., Fétiveau, C. & Bollache, L. (2021). Variations in the carapace shape of whip spiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Journal of Morphology 283: 1003-1014. doi: DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21485 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2024-05-13 Species updated Old value
2024-05-06 Taxonomic reference update
2024-05-06 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1895
2024-05-06 Taxonomic reference update Gravely, 1915
2024-05-06 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1899
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Réveillion, Montuire, Maquart, Fétiveau and Bollache, 2021
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Arabi, Judson, Deharveng, Lourenco, Cruaud and Hassanin, 2012
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Réveillion, 2009
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Dunlop and Barov, 2005 [2006]
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 Weygoldt, 1998
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage and Simon, 1936
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kraepelin, 1895
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Humphreys, 1995
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Humphreys, 1987
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Quintero, 1975
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Lawrence, 1968
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage, 1954
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Fage, 1951
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Snodgrass, 1948
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Whittick, 1940
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Werner, 1935
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Kästner, 1932
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Mello-Leitão, 1931
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update Börner, 1904
2024-03-18 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-18 Species updated Old value
2022-09-08 New taxonomic reference entry Réveillion, Montuire, Maquart, Fétiveau and Bollache, 2021