Sarax cochinensis (Gravely, 1915)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Phrynichosarax cochinensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:0fcc535f-cfae-4497-b850-39836d474c07


Genus type of Phrynichosarax Gravely, 1915

Taxonomic references

Phrynichosarax cochinensis Gravely:

Gravely, 1915b: 438–439, fig. 2 original description
Mello-Leitão, 1931: 52 (as Phrynicosarax [sic] cochinensis)
Nair, 1934: 475, fig. a
Werner, 1935a: 470

Sarax cochinensis (Gravely):

Harvey, 2003c: 8 (designated as comb. nov.)
Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021: 219–220, figs. 11c–d, 135, 141, table 9
Anh and Luong, 2022: 69, fig. 8, table 1
Wu, Zhu, Liu, de Miranda, Román-Palacios, Li and He, 2022: 401
Xu, Gong, Guo and Zhang, 2026: 430

Sarax cochinenesis cochinenesis (Gravely):

Harvey, 2003c: 8

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: South Asia

India
Type locality: Cochin State Forest Tramway, Western Ghats, Kerala, India.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Cochin State Forest Tramway 10.383333 76.75
Type repository
  • Holotype Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany Female (SMF 64592)
  • Paratype Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 1 female (SMF 64592); same locality area as holotype
Zoobank LSID

71E0D218-7AF3-4FC4-9899-0B987C59560A

References

Gravely, F.H. (1915b). A revision of the Oriental subfamilies of Tarantulidae (order Pedipalpi). Records of the Indian Museum 11: 433–455. ZooBank: 32F07E4B-C084-4AEB-8E3F-F1FE97D31D05 -- Show included taxa

Harvey, M.S. (2003c). Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. (1931). Pedipalpos do Brasil e algumas notas sobre a ordem. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 33: 8–72. ZooBank: 9D977FEC-3474-4DCC-8020-C3251DE6C3CE -- Show included taxa

Nair, K.B. (1934). On a new sub-species of Phrynichosarax cochinensis Gravely (Pedipalpi: Tarantulidae). Records of the Indian Museum 36: 475–476. ZooBank: FD515D6F-8BBD-4966-A768-1593B7F80586 -- Show included taxa

Werner, F. (1935a). Klasse: Arachnoidea, Spinnentiere. Pedipalpen. In: Bronns, H.G. (ed.) Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 5(IV)(8)(3): 317–490. -- Show included taxa

Miranda, Gustavo S., Giupponi, A.P. de L., Prendini, L. & Scharff, N. (2021). Systematic revision of the pantropical whip spider family Charinidae Quintero, 1986 (Arachnida, Amblypygi). European Journal of Taxonomy 772: 1–409. ZooBank: 9B82A32F-0A07-47E3-8684-FED7C8EBF1E9 doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.772.1505 -- Show included taxa

Wu, S.-Y., Zhu, X.-Y., Liu, Y.-J., de Miranda, G.S., Román-Palacios, C., Li, Z. & He, Z.-Q. (2022). A new species of whip spider, Sarax sinensis sp. nov., from Fujian, China (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae). Zootaxa 5162(4): 397-409. ZooBank: 7EA85D03-EEFB-4D45-9B7F-D31C0A87C8B0 doi: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.4.4 -- Show included taxa

Anh, N.T.T & Luong, P.T.H. (2022). A new species of the whip spider genus Weygoldtia (Arachnida: Amblypygi: Charinidae) from Con Dao National Park, Vietnam. Academia Journal of Biology 44(3): 67-76. doi: 10.15625/2615-9023/16953 -- Show included taxa

Xu, Y., Gong, J., Guo, X. & Zhang, F. (2026). A new species of the genus Sarax Simon, 1892 (Amblypygi, Charinidae) from China. Zootaxa 5748(3): 429-438. ZooBank: 1B48F0C9-F9D7-47A1-B890-E4CD13D86F8C doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.8 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-25 New taxonomic reference entry Xu, Gong, Guo and Zhang, 2026
2024-05-25 Species updated Old value
2024-04-14 Taxonomic reference update Harvey, 2003
2024-03-14 Taxonomic reference update Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021
2024-03-14 Taxonomic reference update Anh and Luong, 2022
2024-03-14 Species updated Old value
2024-03-09 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-09 New taxonomic reference entry Harvey, 2003
2024-03-09 New taxonomic reference entry Miranda, Giupponi, Prendini and Scharff, 2021
2024-03-09 Taxonomic reference update Nair, 1934
2024-03-09 Taxonomic reference update
2024-03-09 Species updated Old value
2024-03-09 Species updated Old value
2022-11-07 New taxonomic reference entry Anh and Luong, 2022
2022-09-08 New taxonomic reference entry Wu, Zhu, Liu, de Miranda, Román-Palacios, Li and He, 2022