Paraphrynus emaciatus Mullinex, 1975

Originally described from Alta Verapaz Guatemala by Mullinex (1975). Now suggested to range from Chiapas to Central Guatemala (See. Ballestros, 2010). Viquez & Armas (2006) report from Guatemala, from Departamentos de Alta Verapaz, Guatemala y Sacatepéquez. Unpublished observations suggest also ranges into Northern Honduras (S.Longhorn, See photographs on this page)

From Viquez & Armas (2006) [translated above]:

"Large size (total length: 25-30 mm); reddish brown colour, somewhat darker on the carapace. The legs and the pedipalps are extremely long in larger specimens. Pedipalps: The trochanter has four spines on the inner side face and a well-developed setíferous tubercle in the center; the first spine of basitarsus (Bd-1) is longer than the third (BD-3); tarsus and protarsus are separated by a defined suture." 

"Tamaño grande (longitud total: 25 a 30 mm); de color castaño rojizo, algo más oscuro sobre el carapacho. Las patas y los pedipalpos son extremadamente largos en los especímenes de mayor tamaño. Pedipalpos: el trocánter tiene cuatro espinas en la cara lateral interna y un tubérculo setífero bien desarrollado en el centro; la primera espina dorsal del basitarso (Bd-1) es más larga que la tercera (Bd-3); el tarso y el postarso están separados por una sutura marcada."

From Mullinex 1975 (page.16-17): "Large species (holotype measures 30 mm. long) with slender appendages; color in alcohol pale red-brown. Bd-I longer than Bd-III (fig. 15e). Difference in length between first and second ventral spines of pedipalp femur conspicuously less than difference in length between second and third spines, so that these first three spines do not diminish evenly in length (fig. 15c). Dorso-inner lateral surface of proximal end of pedipalp tarsus with small tooth. (fig. 15f) . Pedipalp tarsus and post-tarsus not fused, a suture separating these two areas (fig. 15f). This latter character associates this species most closely with P. macrops, P. williamsi, and P. leptus, the only other described species of Paraphrynus with this suture.