Sihala (spider)

Sihala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Sihala
Huber, 2011
Type species
Sihala ceylonicus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
Species

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Diversity
2 species

Sihala is a genus of cellar spiders in the family Pholcidae, containing two species.[1] The two species were once classified in to genus Pholcus, due to absence of bulb does not show the characteristic sclerites shown in bulb, and unusually small and simple procursus.[2]

Species

References

  1. "Gen. Sihala Huber, 2011". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. "The pholcid spiders from Sri Lanka: redescription of Pholcus ceylonicus and description of a new genus" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
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