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

Heterophrynus javieri Seiter and Gredler, 2020

SPECIES |   ACCEPTED

Original combination: Heterophrynus javieri

LSID urn:lsid:wac.nmbe.ch:name:9b3bea9e-187a-413b-b1e6-70eaaf4bd2a6

Taxonomic references

Heterophrynus javieri Seiter and Gredler:

Seiter and Gredler, 2020: 4–12, figs. 1c–d, 2a, 3a, 4a–c, 7a–c, 8, 9, tables 1–3 original description
Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025: 74, Fig. 1, Map

Distribution
Distribution table
Colombia
Type locality: Alto Rio Guayabero, Meta, Colombia.

Coordinates

Locality Lat Lon
1 Alto Rio Guayabero 2.294611 -73.879028
Type repository
  • Holotype Museo Javeriano de Historia Natural Lorenzo Uribe (MPUJ), Bogotá, Colombia Female
  • Paratype Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Vienna, Austria 4 males, 1 female , same locality as holotype (NHMW 29551)
  • Paratype Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHMW), Vienna, Austria 2 females, 2 males, from Rio Guejar [Lat 3.340778, Lon -73.941306] (NHMW 29552–29553)
  • Paratype Museo Javeriano de Historia Natural Lorenzo Uribe (MPUJ), Bogotá, Colombia 2 males, 2 females, same locality as holotype
References

Seiter, M. & Gredler, R. (2020). Review of the reproductive behavior and spermatophore morphology in the whip spider genus Heterophrynus Pocock, 1894 (Arachnida, Amblypygi), with description of new data and a new species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 287: 1–13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.05.001 -- 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 New taxonomic reference entry Joya, Vazquez-Palacios and Cuadrado-Ríos, 2025
2024-04-09 New taxonomic reference entry Seiter and Gredler, 2020
2024-04-09 Species updated Old value
2024-04-09 Species updated Old value
2024-04-09 New species inserted