Prychia
| Prychia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | L. Koch, 1875[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. gracilis L. Koch, 1875 | |
| Species | |
| 5, see text | |
Prychia is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2]
Species
As of October 2020 it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands:[1]
- Prychia gracilis L. Koch, 1875 (type) – New Guinea to Fiji, Polynesia
- Prychia maculata Karsch, 1878 – New Guinea
- Prychia paalonga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines (Mindanao)
- Prychia pallidula Strand, 1911 – New Guinea
- Prychia suavis Simon, 1897 – Philippines
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Prychia L. Koch, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Koch, L. (1875). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 577–740.