Biology:Flacillula

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Flacillula
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Flacillula
Strand, 1932
Type species
Flacilla lubrica
Simon, 1901
Species

See text.

Flacillula is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with five described species that occur in the Southeast Asian region.[1] It is closely related to the genus Afraflacilla.

They look flattish, with a long gray body. They are often found on warm walls, rocks and tree trunks.

Species

(As of August 2021), the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Flacillula albofrenata (Simon, 1905) – Java
  • Flacillula dothalugala Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula ellaensis Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula henryi Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula hodgsoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula incognita Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
  • Flacillula johnstoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula lubrica (Simon, 1901) – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula naipauli Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula piyasenai Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
  • Flacillula purpurea (Dyal, 1935)Pakistan

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Flacillula". http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2648. Retrieved 26 July 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q117734 entry