Abstract
A new species of whip-spider (Phrynichidae: Amblypygi) is described from Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. Phrynichus andhraensis sp. nov., is compared with the known Indian species Phrynichus phipsoni Pocock. The new species has small body, yellowish -brown in colourm darker on carpace, closely granular on dorsum of carapace, abdomen and appendages. Chelicerae and pedipalps long and slender. Pedipalp bearing 32 spines in total, the distitibiae of IV leg with 33 trichobothria. Other morphological details of the new species are also given.