Wanniyala
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Wanniyala | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: | Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 |
Type species | |
Wanniyala agrabopath Huber & Benjamin, 2005
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Species | |
9, see text. |
Wanniyala is a genus of cellar spiders native to Sri Lanka, first described by Huber & Benjamin in 2005.[1] They have six eyes and four pair of legs and grow up to 2 mm in length. The abdomen is globular and males have a distinctive distal hinged sclerite on the procursus of genitalia.[2] The name is derived from the Sri Lankans native to the island that the first spiders were found on- the Vedda people- and their surname Wanniyala-Aetto.[3]
Species
As of February 2019[update], it contains nine species:[4]
- Wanniyala agrabopath Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala hakgala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala labugama Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala mapalena Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala mudita Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala ohiya Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala orientalis Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala upekkha Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
- Wanniyala viharekele Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
References
- ^ Huber, B. A.; Benjamin, S. P. (2005). "The pholcid spiders from Sri Lanka: redescription of Pholcus ceylonicus and description of a new genus (Araneae: Pholcidae)". Journal of Natural History. 39 (37): 3305–3319. doi:10.1080/00222930500145123. S2CID 53418516.
- ^ "The pholcid spiders from Sri Lanka: redescription of Pholcus ceylonicus and description of a new genus" (PDF). pholcidae. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "The pholcid spiders from Sri Lanka: redescription of Pholcus ceylonicus and description of a new genus" (PDF). pholcidae. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Gen. Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin, 2005". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
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