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.
Mahé Island, Seychelles (neotype designated by Weygoldt, 1998c: 43).
Phrynus scaber Gervais, 1844
Latitude: 4°41'S
Longitude: 55°29'E
Coordinates based upon: Mahé
Amblypygi Thorell 1883
Order
Euamblypygi Weygoldt 1996
Suborder
Phrynoidea Blanchard 1852
Superfamily
Phrynichidae Simon, 1892
Family
Phrynichinae Simon 1892
Subfamily
Phrynichus Karsch, 1879
Genus
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
Amblypygi Thorell 1883
Order
Euamblypygi Weygoldt 1996
Suborder
Phrynoidea Blanchard 1852
Superfamily
Phrynichidae Simon, 1892
Family
Phrynichinae Simon 1892
Subfamily
Phrynichus Karsch, 1879
Genus