Biology:Sihala ceylonicus

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Short description: Species of spider

Sihala ceylonicus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Sihala
Species:
S. ceylonicus
Binomial name
Sihala ceylonicus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)

Sihala ceylonicus, is a species of spider of the genus Sihala. It is known to be endemic to Sri Lanka, some suggest its presence in Malaysia as well.[1]

Taxonomy

Even though the generic name was changed to Sihala, most of the local universities and websites still use the name Pholcus ceylonicus in their research papers.[2][3]

Biology

It is a large eight-eyed cellar spider, easily distinguished from the shapes of procursus, bulb, male palpal trochanter apophysis, and epigynum. Male is about 7.3 mm in length, while female is somewhat larger than the male. Female's lateral spinnerets consists with about six cylindrically shaped spigots.[4]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q25095802 entry