Biology:Prychia
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Prychia L. Koch, 1875[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. gracilis L. Koch, 1875
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Prychia is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2]
Species
As of October 2020[update] 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Prychia L. Koch, 1875. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3144. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ↑ Koch, L. (1875). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1. pp. 577–740.
Wikidata ☰ Q5205181 entry
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