Prychia

<i>Prychia</i>

Prychia

Genus of spiders

Prychia is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Gen. Prychia L. Koch, 1875". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. [2]
    Koch, L. (1875). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 577–740.


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