Genus: Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 | Family: Phrynidae Blanchard, 1852 | Order: Amblypygi Thorell, 1883

Heterophrynus caribensis Armas, Torres-Contreras and Alvarez García, 2015

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Heterophrynus caribensis

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:be2eb168-fd5f-47bd-86d2-abe680560116

Taxonomic references

Heterophrynus caribensis Armas, Torres-Contreras and Alvarez García:

Armas, Torres-Contreras and Alvarez García, 2015: 69–72, figs. 1–3, table 1 original description
Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025: 74, 79, 80, Fig. 1,6,7, Map

Distribution
Distribution table

Realm: South America

Colombia
Type locality: Cueva Roca Madre, Tolú Viejo, corregimiento La Piche, Sucre, Colombia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Cueva Roca Madre 9.513916 -75.3935
Type repository
  • Holotype Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia Female
  • Paratype Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia 1 female, 1 male; same locality as holotype
  • Paratype Instituto de Ecología e Sistemática (IES), Havanna, Cuba 1 male; same locality as holotype
  • Paratype Laboratorio de Entomología de la Universidad de Sucre (LEUS), Sincelejo, Colombia. 1 female, 1 male; same locality as holoty
References

Armas, L.F. de, Torres-Contreras, R. & Alvarez García, D.M. (2015). Nueva especie de Heterophrynus (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) del Caribe colombiano. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 26: 69–73. -- Show included taxa

Joya, D.C., Vazquez-Palacios, S. & Cuadrado-Ríos, S. (2025). Exploring the evolutionary path of male genitalia in the genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) from the Colombian Andes: a new endemic species revealed. Acta Arachnologica 74: 71-84. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.74.71 -- Show included taxa

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2026-09-01 Taxonomic reference update Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025
2026-09-01 Taxonomic reference update Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025
2026-09-01 Taxonomic reference update Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025
2026-09-01 New taxonomic reference entry Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025
2024-05-18 Species updated Old value
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2024-04-04 Taxonomic reference update Armas, Torres-Contreras and Alvarez García, 2015
2024-03-26 Species updated Old value
2024-03-25 Taxonomic reference update Armas, Torres-Contreras and Alvarez García, 2015
2024-03-25 Taxonomic reference update
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2024-02-07 Taxonomic reference update Armas, Torres-Contreras and Alvarez García, 2015
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