Phrynichus scaber (Gervais, 1844)

Species

Phrynus scaber Gervais, 1844: 3; Butler, 1873c: 120, plate 7 fig. 2; Butler, 1879: 314.

Phrynichus scaber (Gervais): Simon, 1887b: 455 (as Phryniscus [sic] scaber); Simon, 1893: 211 (as Phryniscus [sic] scaber); Gravely, 1915b: 454; Mello-Leitão, 1931: 36 (as Phrynicus [sic] scaber); Benoit, 1979: 458; Weygoldt, 1998c: 42-45, figs 87, 98-102; Bowler, Bullock, Cadbury, Gerlach, Hunter, 1999: 49; Weygoldt, 1999b: 49, 56-58, 60, 62, figs 14-24; Weygoldt, 2000a: figs 71, 192-197, 249-253, 292; Harvey, 2001b: 691; Harvey, 2003c: 18-19.

Tarantula reniformis (Linnaeus): Kraepelin, 1895: 10 (in part); Lönnberg, 1898: 88-89 (in part).

Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus): Kraepelin, 1899a: 237 (in part).

Tarantula scaber (Gervais): Hirst, 1913: 34.

Myodalis scabra (Gervais): Simon, in Fage and Simon, 1936: 298-299, figs 2d-e; Fage, 1951: 11-12, fig. 2; Fage, 1954: 180, fig. 1; Lawrence, 1969b: 81, 86 (in part, see Phrynichus exophthalmus Whittick).

Phrynichus scaber scaber (Gervais): Delle Cave and Simonetta, 1975: 150-15.

Phrynichus cf. scaber (Gervais): Messana, Chelazzi and Baccetti, 1985: 334.

Type Locality

Mahé Island, Seychelles (neotype designated by Weygoldt, 1998c: 43).

Distribution

Phrynus scaber Gervais, 1844

Latitude: 4°41'S

Longitude: 55°29'E

Coordinates based upon: Mahé