Phrynus is a genus of Amblypygi found in tropical and subtropical regions, mostly in the new world.
Like other species of Amblypygi, Phrynus species are dorso-ventrally flattened arachnids with elongate, antenniform front legs used to navigate their environment and communicate with conspecifics. Individuals capture prey using raptorial pedipalps. Phrynus species vary in size, from the small Phrynus marginemaculatus to the larger Phrynus longipes. At least one species of Phrynus is territorial and cannibalistic (Phrynus longipes).
Phrynus alejandroi Armas & Teruel, 2010Phrynus araya Colmenares Garcia & Villarreal Manzanilla 2008Phrynus asperatipes Wood, 1863Phrynus barbadensis (Pocock, 1894)Phrynus cozumel Armas, 1995Phrynus damonidaensis Quintero, 1981Phrynus decoratus Teruel & Armas, 2005Phrynus eucharis Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001Phrynus fuscimanus Koch, 1847Phrynus garridoi Armas, 1994Phrynus gervaisii (Pocock, 1894)Phrynus goesii Thorell, 1889Phrynus hispaniolae Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001Phrynus hoffmannae Armas & Gadar, 2004Phrynus kennidae Armas & Perez Gonzalez, 2001Phrynus levii Quintero, 1981Phrynus longipes (Pocock, 1894)Phrynus maesi Armas, 1995Phrynus marginemaculatus Koch, 1841Phrynus noeli Armas & Perez, 1994Phrynus operculatus Pocock, 1902Phrynus palenque Armas, 1995Phrynus panche Armas & Angarita Arias 2008Phrynus parvulus Pocock, 1902Phrynus pinarensis Franganillo, 1930Phrynus pinero Armas & Avila Calvo, 2000Phrynus pseudoparvulus Armas & Viquez, 2001Phrynus pulchripes (Pocock, 1894)Phrynus santarensis (Pocock, 1894)Phrynus tessellatus (Pocock, 1894)Phrynus viridescens Franganillo, 1931Phrynus whitei Gervais, 1842†Phrynus fossilis Keferstein, 1834†Phrynus mexicana Poinar & Brown, 2004†Phrynus resinae (Schawaller, 1979)Lamarck, 1801 : Système des Animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Paris, p. 1-432.