Genus: Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 | Family: Phrynidae Blanchard, 1852 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

† Phrynus resinae (Schawaller, 1979)

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Tarantula resinae

CAINOZOIC: Miocene

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:805bdd87-c788-4f35-998c-1a2dd80e285e

Taxonomic references

Tarantula resinae Schawaller:

Schawaller, 1979a: 4–8, figs. 1–6 original description

Phrynus resinae (Schawaller):

Schawaller, 1982: 2–6, figs. 1a–c, 2–4, 6–8, 10
Quintero, 1983a: 48
Selden, 1993b: 318
Renner and Schawaller, 1988: n/a, fig. 15
Spahr, 1993: 44
Harvey, 2003c: 30
Armas, 2004b: 44
Penney, 2008: 154
Dunlop and Bartel, 2025: 65, 70, considered a species inquirenda

Distribution
Distribution table
Dominican Republic
Type locality: Dominican Republic. (Miocene Amber)

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Dominican Republic (IMPRECISE) 19 -70
Type repository
  • Holotype Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany Juvenile, Dominican Amber (SMNS Do-1703-K-1)
Zoobank LSID

9E91CAEF-857F-4C29-A69E-9BCD36749893

References

Armas, L.F. de (2004b). Arácnidos de República Dominicana. Palpigradi, Schizomida, Solifugae y Thelyphonida (Chelicerata: Arachnida). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, especial monográfico 2: 1–64. -- 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

Penney, D. (2008). Dominican Amber spiders. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester. -- Show included taxa

Quintero, D., Jr (1983a). Revision of the amblypygid spiders of Cuba and their relationships with the Caribbean and continental American amblypygid fauna. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 65: 1–54. ZooBank: 20AC6FAC-A08A-4CDC-854C-A21B69C3DF2A -- Show included taxa

Renner, F. & Schawaller, W. (1988). Spinnentiere. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (C) 26: 1–64. -- Show included taxa

Schawaller, W. (1979a). Erstnachweis der Ordnung Geisselspinnen in Dominikanischem Bernstein (Stuttgarter Bersteinsammlung: Arachnida, Amblypygi). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (B) 50: 1–12. ZooBank: 409470A7-F57A-4191-958E-121E4B91C4A1 -- Show included taxa

Schawaller, W. (1982). Neue Befunde an Geisselspinnen in Dominikanischem Bernstein (Stuttgarter Bersteinsammlung: Arachnida, Amblypygi). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (B) 86: 1–12. -- Show included taxa

Selden, P.A. (1993b). Arthropoda (Aglaspidida, Pycnogonida and Chelicerata). In: Benton, M.J. (ed.) The fossil record 2 Chapman and Hall, London: 297–320. -- Show included taxa

Spahr, U. (1993). Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen zu R. Keilbachs Bibliographie und Liste der Bernsteinfossilien – verschiedene Tiergruppen, ausgenommen Insecta und Araneae. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde B 194: 1–77. -- Show included taxa

Dunlop, J.A. & Bartel, C. (2025). A new species of fossil Phrynus Lamarck, 1801, from Dominican Republic amber (Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Zootaxa 5563(1): 64-72. ZooBank: 682A7967-5003-4F6B-8B32-9B3D7FC5A9AF doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.7 -- Show included taxa

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
2026-08-25 New taxonomic reference entry Dunlop and Bartel, 2025
2024-04-08 Species updated Old value
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update Renner and Schawaller, 1988
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update Schawaller, 1982
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update Schawaller, 1979
2024-04-08 Taxonomic reference update
2024-04-08 Species updated Old value