''Apokayana'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of southeast Asian cellar spiders named after the

Apo Kayan people The Apo Kayan people are one of the Dayak people groups that are spread throughout Sarawak of Malaysia, East Kalimantan and North Kalimantan of Indonesia. The earliest Apo Kayan people are from the riverside of the Kayan River, Bulungan Regen ...

of Indonesia and Malaysia. It was erected in 2018 for ten species transferred from ''

Panjange ''Panjange'' is a genus of leaf-dwelling spiders in the family Pholcidae, widely distributed in the islands of Southeast Asia from Borneo and the Philippines to northern Australia. ''Panjange'' spiders exhibit some of the most extraordinary morp ...

'' after a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study of Pholcidae.

Species

it contains ten species, all native to Borneo: *'' A. bako'' (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. iban'' (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. kapit'' (Huber, 2016) (

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) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. kubah'' (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. niah'' (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. nigrifrons'' (

Deeleman-Reinhold Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold (born 23 November 1930) is a Dutch arachnologist. She specializes in spiders from Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, particularly cave-dwelling and tropical spiders. She donated a collection of about 25,000 Sou ...

& Deeleman, 1983) – Indonesia (Borneo) *'' A. pueh'' (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. sedgwicki'' (Deeleman-Reinhold & Platnick, 1986) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. seowi'' (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' A. tahai'' (Huber, 2011) – Indonesia (Borneo)

Species

See also

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