Genus: Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 | Family: Phrynidae Blanchard, 1852 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Phrynus similis Armas, Viquez and Trujillo, 2013

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phrynus similis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:01570a60-5d5e-4f58-b6c0-054c85d8d0a7

Taxonomic references

Phrynus similis Armas, Viquez and Trujillo:

Armas, Viquez and Trujillo, 2013: 27–30, figs. 2a–f 3a–f, 4a–b, tables I-II
Armas, Trujillo and Agreda, 2018: 61, figs. 10, 14a–b, table I
Armas and Cubas-Rodriguez, 2024b: 142, 144, figs, 2, 6

Distribution
Distribution table
Guatemala
Honduras
Type locality: Barrio San Antonio, Palín, Escuintla, Guatemala.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Palín 14.403889 -90.698611
Type repository
  • Holotype Museo de Historia Natural, Escuela de Biología (MHN), Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala-City, Guatemala Female
  • Paratype Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), Guatemala-City, Guatemala 1 female, from San Antonio Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala [Lat 14.691389, Lon -91.116389]
  • Paratype Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), Guatemala-City, Guatemala 1 female, from Cerro Uyuca, Francisco Morazán, Honduras [Lat 14.02816, Lon -87.07364]
  • Paratype Universidad Zamorano (UZ), Tegucigalpa, Honduras 1 male, 1 female, from Cerro Uyuca, Francisco Morazán, Honduras [Lat 14.02816, Lon -87.07364]
  • Paratype American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 5 females, 4 males, from Cerro Uyuca, Francisco Morazán, Honduras [Lat 14.02816, Lon -87.07364] (AMNH, Hon-Nic-004)
  • Paratype Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad INBio), Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica 3 males, 1 female, from Parque Nacional La Tigra, Tegucigalpa, Honduras [Lat 14.21909, Lon -87.08374]
  • Paratype American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 10 males, 8 females, from Parque Nacional La Tigra, Tegucigalpa, Honduras [Lat 14.21909, Lon -87.08374] (AMNH, Hon-Nic-008)
References

Armas, L.F. de, Viquez, C. & Trujillo, R.E. (2013). Nueva especie de Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) de Guatemala y Honduras. Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia 23: 25–31. -- Show included taxa

Armas, L.F. de, Trujillo, R.E. & Agreda, E.O. (2018). Sinopsis de los Amblipigios de Guatemala (Arachnida: Amblypygi). Revista Ibérica de Aracnologia 32: 55–72. -- Show included taxa

Armas, L.F. de & Cubas-Rodriguez, A.M. (2024b). The poorly-known amblypygid fauna (Arachnida, Amblypygi) of Honduras, Central America: an overview. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 19(2): 137–148. doi: DOI: 10.3897/neotropical.19.e113507 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2025-05-26 Taxonomic reference update
2025-05-26 New taxonomic reference entry Armas and Cubas-Rodriguez, 2024
2024-04-25 Species updated Old value
2024-04-22 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 New taxonomic reference entry Armas, Trujillo and Agreda, 2018
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 New taxonomic reference entry Armas, Viquez and Trujillo, 2013
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 Species updated Old value
2024-04-06 New species inserted