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Species Phrynus marginemaculatus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Amblypygi (Tailless Whipscorpions)
Family Phrynidae
Subfamily Phryninae
Genus Phrynus
Species marginemaculatus (Phrynus marginemaculatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phrynus marginemaculatus Koch, C. L. 1841
Identification
See description by Quintero in Print Reference below.
Remarks
This is the most commonly encountered tailless whipscorpion in Florida. A second species, Paraphrynus raptator, is also known from a few small, isolated sites in the Keys.
Print References
Quintero, D. 1981. The amblypygid genus Phrynus in the Americas (Amblypygi, Phrynidae). J. Arachnol., 9: 141