Sihala (spider)
Sihala | |
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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 | |
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
- Sihala alagarkoil Huber, 2011 — India
- Sihala ceylonicus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka, possibly Malaysia
References
- ↑ "Gen. Sihala Huber, 2011". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ↑ "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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