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Sihala (spider)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Pholcidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Rank
  
Genus

Sihala is a genus of cellar spiders in the family Pholcidae, containing two species. 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.

Species

  • Sihala alagarkoil Huber, 2011 — India
  • Sihala ceylonicus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka, possibly Malaysia
  • References

    Sihala (spider) Wikipedia