Arachnida - Amblypygi - Phrynidae

Synonym: Phrynus mexicana Poinar and Brown 2004 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. A. Dunlop and C. Bartel. 2025. A new species of fossil Phrynus Lamarck, 1801, from Dominican Republic amber (Amblypygi: Phrynidae). Zootaxa 5563:64-72

Belongs to Phrynus according to J. A. Dunlop and C. Bartel 2025

See also Poinar and Brown 2004

Sister taxa: Phrynus luisdearmasi, Phrynus resinae

Type specimens:

• Phrynus poinari: Poinar A-10-264, an exoskeleton
• Phrynus mexicana: Poinar A-10-264, a nymph. Its type locality is Mexican amber (Poinar coll), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene of Mexico)

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