''Aprusia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of goblin
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s in the family
Oonopidae
Oonopidae, also known as goblin spiders, is a family of spiders consisting of over 1,600 described species in about 113 genera worldwide, with total species diversity estimated at 2000 to 2500 species. The type genus of the family is ''Oonops'' Ke ...
, containing eight accepted species. seven species are endemic to
Sri Lanka and the other species is endemic to
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
Species
it contains eight species:
* ''
Aprusia kataragama''
Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Aprusia kerala''
Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — India
* ''
Aprusia koslandensis''
Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Aprusia rawanaellensis''
Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Aprusia strenuus''
Simon, 1893 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Aprusia vankhedei''
Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Aprusia veddah''
Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Aprusia vestigator''
(Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka
References
Oonopidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
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