Biology:Seychellia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Seychellia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Telemidae
Genus: Seychellia
Saaristo, 1978[1]
Type species
S. wiljoi
Saaristo, 1978
Species

5, see text

Seychellia is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1978.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains five species, found in Africa and China :[1]

  • Seychellia cameroonensis Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
  • Seychellia jeremyi Wang & Li, 2011 – Ivory Coast
  • Seychellia lodoiceae Brignoli, 1980 – Seychelles
  • Seychellia wiljoi Saaristo, 1978 (type) – Seychelles
  • Seychellia xinpingi Lin & Li, 2008China

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Seychellia Saaristo, 1978. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3226. Retrieved 2019-10-14. 
  2. Saaristo, M. I. (1978). "Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy". Annales Zoologici Fennici 15: 99–126. 

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