A new species of whip-spider (Phrynichidae: Amblypygi) from Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

A new species of whip-spider (Phrynichidae: Amblypygi) is described from Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. Phrynichus andhraensis sp. nov. is compared with the known Indian species Phrynichus phipsoni Pocock. The new species has small body, yellowish-brown in colour, darker on carapace, closely granular on dorsum of carapace, abdomen and appendages. Chelicerae and pedipalps long and slender. Pedipalp bearing 32 spines in total, the distitibiae of IV leg with 33 trichobothria. Other morphological details of the new species are also given. © Zoo Outreach Organisation.