Sihala (spider)
| Sihala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Sihala Huber, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Sihala ceylonicus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
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| 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 the genus Pholcus, but were moved due to the absence of the characteristic sclerites shown in the bulb, and the unusually small and simple procursus.[2]
Species[edit]
- Sihala alagarkoil Huber, 2011 — India
- Sihala ceylonicus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka, possibly Malaysia
References[edit]
- ^ "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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