Prychia
Genus of spiders
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Prychia is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875.[2]
| Prychia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Prychia L. Koch, 1875[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. gracilis L. Koch, 1875 | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Species
As of October 2020[update] it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands:[1]
- Prychia gracilis L. Koch, 1875 (type) – New Guinea to Fiji, Polynesia
- Prychia maculata Karsch, 1878 – New Guinea
- Prychia paalonga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines (Mindanao)
- Prychia pallidula Strand, 1911 – New Guinea
- Prychia suavis Simon, 1897 – Philippines