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

Heterophrynus origamii Chirivi-Joya, Moreno-Gonzáles and Fagua, 2020

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Heterophrynus origamii

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:7a667edc-83b6-4323-8976-6c63152be6ff

Taxonomic references

Heterophrynus origamii Chirivi-Joya, Moreno-Gonzáles and Fagua:

Chirivi-Joya, Moreno-González and Fagua, 2020: 28–36, figs. 17–19, 22 (in part), table 6 original description
Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025: 74, 79, 80, Fig. 1,5,7, Map

Distribution
Distribution table
Brazil
Colombia
Type locality: ESEC-Cuniã, Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 ESEC-Cuniã -8.516667 -63.050833
Type repository
  • Holotype Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo, Brazil Female (MZUSP 68451)
  • Paratype Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo, Brazil 1 male, 1 female from Santarem, Pará [Lat -2.442778, Lon -54.707778] (MZUSP 68457)
  • Paratype Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo, Brazil 1 male, 1 female, same locality as holotype (MZUSP 68453)
  • Paratype Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo, Brazil 3 male, 3 female, 1 male juvenile from Abunã [Lat -9.694975, Lon -65.356661] (MZUSP 39834, 42301, 54473, 54589, 55848, 55979)
  • Paratype Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo, Brazil 2 male, 2 female, from Mutum [Lat -9.48126, Lon -64.86847] (MZUSP 54820, 55797, 55798, 55827)
  • Paratype Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo, Brazil 1 female, from Alto paraíso [Lat -9.713056, Lon -63.320833] (MZUSP 68456)
  • Paratype Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo (MZSP), São Paulo, Brazil 2 female, 1 male, 1 juvenile, from Caiçara [Lat -9.439175, Lon -64.792267] (MZUSP 35370, 39093, 44068, 47611)
  • Paratype Colección Entomológica del Museo Javeriano de Historia Natural Lorenzo Uribe (MPUJ_ENT), Bogotá, Colombia 1 female, from Caquetá (Colombia) [Lat -0.025842, Lon -72.110797] (MPUJ_Ent 0007616)
References

Chirivi-Joya, D., Moreno-González, J.A. & Fagua, G. (2020). Two new species of the whip-spider genus Heterophrynus (Arachnida: Amblypygi) with complementary information of four species. Zootaxa 4803(1): 1–41. ZooBank: 2D391AAF-F105-4252-A090-34E725A05315 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.1 -- 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

Logs
Date Type Reference Old value
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
2024-04-04 Species updated Old value
2024-04-04 Species updated Old value
2024-04-04 Species updated Old value
2024-04-03 New taxonomic reference entry Chirivi-Joya, Moreno-González and Fagua, 2020
2024-04-03 Species updated Old value
2024-04-03 New species inserted