Trichodamon
| Trichodamon | |
|---|---|
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| Trichodamon princeps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Phrynichidae |
| Genus: | Trichodamon Mello-Leitão, 1935[1] |
| Species: | T. princeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichodamon princeps Mello-Leitão, 1935 | |
Trichodamon is a genus of whipspider from Brazil, containing a single species, Trichodamon princeps.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Before 2018, Trichodamon contained two species, T. princeps and T. froesi, described by Mello-Leitão in 1935 and 1940 respectively, with a third species T. pusillus previously synonymized to T. princeps. However, a paper published in 2018 concluded that the characters that were previously used to distinguish the two species were unreliable, and that Trichodamon is in fact monotypic.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Trichodamon is the only known phrynichid amblypygid found within the Americas. It is distributed within Brazil.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Trichodamon Mello-Leitão, 1935". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "WAC - Amblypygi". wac.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- 1 2 3 de Miranda, Gustavo; Kury, Adriano; Giupponi, Alessandro (2018). "Review of Trichodamon Mello-Leitão 1935 and phylogenetic placement of the genus in Phrynichidae (Arachnida, Amblypygi)". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 273: 33–55. Bibcode:2018ZooAn.273...33D. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2018.02.006 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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