NOMEN: Amblypygi Thorell 1882: 35 [T. Thorell. Descrizione di alcuni Aracnidi inferiori dell' arcipelago Malese. Annali dei Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 1882, 18: 21-69]
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Thorell 1882):
Phrynoidae 
Phrynus 
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Amblypyga Cook 1899
= Amblypygina Pearce 1936
= Amblypygida Smith 1990
NON-MONOSEMANTIC CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYM (disctinctly without Paleoamblypygi):
= Euamblypygi Weygoldt 1996
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Phrynus/fg (older name of doubtful status: Tarantula/fg)
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Phrynides, Phrynida, Phrynoidae, Phrynadae
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.