Amblypygi, Arachnida, Arthropoda, Animalia
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There are only two species of Amblypygi known from La Selva Biological Station:
Paraphyrnus laevifrons
Phrynus parvulus
Paraphyrnus laevifrons has two spines in between the two longest spines on the dorsal surface of the pedipalpal tibia ("a" in figure below). Phrynus parvulus has one ("b" in figure below).
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Eileen Hebets, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. ehebets@u.arizona.edu
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