Hi everyone. I took these pictures in Sri Lanka of two individual amblypygid. I'm not sure how to ID them since I can't get ahold of any of the papers or pictures of either of the species I know to be in SL. From what I can find, there appears to only be two or three species, Phrynichus ceylonicus, Phrynichus reniformis, and Phrynichus pusillus. Any idea what these are? Both were taken in the rainforest.
Amblypygi ID help
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@Banshee05 might know.
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Nice pictures
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Hi,
sry I did not see this thread.
Phrynichus reniformis is already a syn., based on the size and only as an educated guess, it is most likely P. ceylonicus.
sry I did not see this thread.
Phrynichus reniformis is already a syn., based on the size and only as an educated guess, it is most likely P. ceylonicus.
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I have two questions.
1. Is P. reniformis a synonym of P. ceylonicus?
2. Is Phrynichus pusilus smaller or larger than P. ceylonicus?
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1. yes and no, it depends on, for both spceies you will find syn.with reniformis (in part); I do not have it in mind which is the type locality of reniformis and with which species it was syn.
2. ceylonicus is much bigger, based on the type series of pusillus.
2. ceylonicus is much bigger, based on the type series of pusillus.
Thank you Banshee! Sorry for the late response. Both of these were of the same size and quite large but I didn't want to assume since I'm not experienced in field ID of amblypygids. I appreciate the help!