Phrynichidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Phrynichidae Eugène Simon, 1892 |
Phrynichidae is a family of arachnids within the order Amblypygi, also known as whip-spiders or tailless whip-scorpions.[1][2][3][4]
Distribution
The species of this family are found in Africa, South Asia and South America.
Genera
- Damoninae Simon, in Fage & Simon 1936
- Damon C. L. Koch, 1850
- Musicodamon Fage, 1939
- Phrynichodamon Weygoldt, 1996
- Phrynichinae Simon, 1892
- Euphrynichus Weygoldt, 1995
- Phrynichus Karsch, 1879
- Trichodamon Mello-Leitao, 1935
- indefinite subfamily
- Xerophrynus Weygoldt, 1996
References
- ^ "Catalogue of life". Archived from the original on 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
- ^ ITIS
- ^ NCBI
- ^ "Hallan classification". Archived from the original on 2014-12-12. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
- Simon, 1892 : Arachnides. Etude sur les Arthropodes cavernicoles de île Luzon, Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (Mars et avril 1890), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, vol. 61, p. 35–52.
- Harvey, Mark S. 2003-01-01. Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. xi + 400. 0-643-06805-8.
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