Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch, 1843)

Species

Phrynus ceylonicus C.L. Koch, 1843: 35-36, fig. 776; C.L. Koch, 1850: 80 (as Phrynus ceylanicus [sic]); Butler, 1873c: 119; Moritz and Fischer, 1980: 138.

Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch): Karsch, 1879c: 548 (as Phrynichus ceylanicus [sic]); Gravely, 1915b: 449-450, fig. 14; Buxton, 1917: 3 (as Phrynicus [sic] ceylonicus); Mello-Leitão, 1931: 36 (as Phrynicus [sic] ceylonicus); Werner, 1935a: 472, fig. 179; Cloudsley-Thompson, 1968: 156, 157, 158; Weygoldt, 1998c: 19-22, figs 1-2, 39-44, 61; Weygoldt, 1999c: figs 30-33; Weygoldt, 2000a: figs 70, 199, 203, 247-248, 292; Weygoldt, 2000b: fig. 10; Weygoldt, 2002e: 242-243; Harvey, 2003c: 15-16; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2004: 186-187.

Tarantula reniformis (Linnaeus): Kraepelin, 1895: 10 (in part).

Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus): Lönnberg, 1898: 88-89 (in part); Kraepelin, 1899a: 223 (in part).

Phrynichus pusillus var. gracillibrachiatus Gravely, 1911c: 140 (synonymised by Weygoldt, 1998c: 22).

Phrynichus ceylonicus var. gracillibrachiatus Gravely: Gravely, 1915b: 450-452; Gravely, 1915c: 527.

Phrynichus ceylonicus ceylonicus (C.L. Koch): Gravely, 1915c: 526, fig. 28.

Phrynichus ceylonicus gracilibrachiatus Gravely: Mello-Leitão, 1931: 36 (as Phrynicus [sic] ceylonicus gracilibrachiatus [sic]).

Phrynichus cf. ceylonicus (C.L. Koch): Weygoldt, 1995a: 77-78, figs 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15; Weygoldt, 1995b: 6-7, unnumbered fig.; Weygoldt and Hoffmann, 1995: 5-7, figs 5-10, 21-24, 30.

Type Locality

Phrynus ceylonicus: Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).

Phrynichus pusillus var. gracillibrachiatus: Sri Lanka.

Distribution

Distribution
Sri Lanka

Phrynus ceylonicus C.L. Koch, 1843
Phrynichus pusillus var. gracillibrachiatus Gravely, 1911

Latitude: 8°N

Longitude: 81°E

Coordinates based upon: Sri Lanka (IMPRECISE)