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Article: Description of male Phrynus asperatipes (Amblypygi, Phrynidae) from Baja California Sur, Mexico.(SHORT COMMUNICATION)
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- Journal of Arachnology
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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ABSTRACT. The first known male of the whip spider Phrynus asperatipes (Wood) is described from two oases and other regions of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It differs from the females as follows: males have the carapace (6.5-7.9 mm) and abdomen (11.0-12.4 mm) smaller than females. Also on an average, the femora (2.3 mm) and tibiae (7.2 mm) of the antenniform legs are shorter than in females.
Keywords: Whip spiders, Phrynus, Mexico, Baja California, taxonomy
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At present, amblypygids of the Baja California Peninsula are represented by two species: Acanthophrynus coronatus (Butler 1873) from Sierra de San Lazaro (Quintero 1980) and Phrynus ...