Tychicus (spider)

Tychicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Tychicus Simon, 1880[1]
Type species
T. longipes (Walckenaer, 1837)
Species
5, see text

Tychicus is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1880.[2]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains five species, found in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea:[1]

• Tychicus erythrophthalmus Simon, 1897 – Philippines
• Tychicus gaymardi Simon, 1880 – Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
• Tychicus genitalis Strand, 1911 – New Guinea
• Tychicus longipes (Walckenaer, 1837) (type) – Indonesia (Ambon)
• Tychicus rufoides Strand, 1911 – Admiralty Is.

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. "Gen. Tychicus Simon, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Simon, E. (1880). "Révision de la famille des Sparassidae (Arachnides)". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 34: 223–351.