(Fig. 2)
TYPE SPECIES. — Phalangopsis longipes Serville, 1831 by subsequent designation (Kirby 1906).
DISTRIBUTION. — Northern tropical regions of South America (French Guiana, Brazil, Suriname).
DIAGNOSIS. — See Desutter-Grandcolas (1992a).
HABITAT. — Phalangopsis species live in forests, where they are active at night in the leaf litter and hide during the day in cavities at ground level (Desutter-Grandcolas 1995).