''Prychia'' is a

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of huntsman spiders that was first described by

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...

in 1875.

Species

it contains five species, found on

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, in

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, the

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, and on the

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: *''

Prychia gracilis ''Prychia'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Species it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands: *'' Prychia gracil ...

'' L. Koch, 1875 (

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) – New Guinea to Fiji, Polynesia *''

Prychia maculata ''Prychia'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Species it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands: *'' Prychia gracil ...

'' Karsch, 1878 – New Guinea *''

Prychia paalonga ''Prychia'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Species it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands: *'' Prychia gracil ...

'' (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines (Mindanao) *''

Prychia pallidula ''Prychia'' is a genus of Sparassidae, huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Species it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesia, Polynesian Islan ...

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, 1911 – New Guinea *''

Prychia suavis ''Prychia'' is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1875. Species it contains five species, found on Fiji, in Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and on the Polynesian Islands: *'' Prychia gracil ...

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, 1897 –

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Araneomorphae genera Sparassidae Spiders of Asia Spiders of Oceania Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch {{Sparassidae-stub

Species

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