Damon medius is a species of arachnid of the family Phrynichidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Amblypygi |
| Family: | Phrynichidae |
| Genus: | Damon |
| Species: | D. medius
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| Damon medius (Herbst, 1797)
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Description
editDamon medius can reach a body length of 3–4 centimetres (1.2–1.6 in). This strictly arboreal and nocturnal whip spider has a flat body and fragile legs, by which it moves sideways like a crab. In males the front legs are very long and antenniform, much longer than in the females. It has two large, spiny pedipalps, which are larger in the male than the female. It feeds on small insects.
Distribution and habitat
editThis species can be found in West Africa, in Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. It lives in wetlands and rainforests.
References
edit- Lichtenstein & Herbst, 1797 : Naturgeschichte der Insekten-Gattungen. Solpuga und Phalangium.
- Prendini, L. (2005). Systematics of the group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 5, 203-236.
External links
edit- Biolib
- Catalogue of Life
- AquaPortail
- Liege.mine
- Insects.tamu.edu
- Lorenzo Prendini, Peter Weygoldt & Ward C. Wheeler Systematics of the Damon variegatus group of African whip spiders (Chelicerata: Amblypygi): Evidence from behaviour, morphology and DNA
- Panarthropoda
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