''Prychia'' is a
genus
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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
Fiji
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, in
Papua New Guinea
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, the
Philippines
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, and on the
Polynesian Islands
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:
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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 (
type
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) – New Guinea to Fiji, Polynesia
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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
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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)
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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 ...
''
Strand
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, 1911 – New Guinea
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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 ...
''
Simon
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, 1897 –
Philippines
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See also
*
List of Sparassidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Sparassidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1383 species in 96 genera:
* '' † Sparassidae sp.'' Wunderlich, 2008c — Palaeogen Baltic amber
A ''Adcatomus''
'' Adcatomu ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Sparassidae
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Oceania
Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
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