Trochanter of pedipalp with a ventral, posteriorly directed apophysis;
pedipalp tibia with some short and three long primary spines.....................................................Heterophrynus
Trochanter of pedipalp without ventral apophysis...............................................................2
Pedipalp tibia with three large primary spines of which the distal is reduced in size during post embryonic growth,
in adult with up to ten dorsal spines, one or two small ones between the two long spines; anterior margin of carapace with many spine-like,
long tubercules.....................................................................................................Acanthophrynus
Pedipalp tibia with five or six primary dorsal spines...........................................................3
Pedipalp tibia dorsally: two smaller spines between the two longest................................................................................................................Paraphrynus
Pedipalp tibia dorsally: one smaller spine between the two longest (the second and fourth)........................................................................................................................Phrynus
