''Perania'' 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 Asian
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...
spiders in the family
Pacullidae
Pacullidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1894. It was merged into Tetrablemmidae in 1958, then raised back to family status after a large phylogenetic study in 2017.
Description
The family Pacullidae cont ...
that was first described by
Tamerlan Thorell
Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist.
Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...
in 1890.
It is considered a senior synonym of ''Mirania''.
Species
it contains twenty species, found in Asia:
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Perania annam''
Schwendinger & Košulič, 2015 –
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
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Perania armata''
(Thorell, 1890) –
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
(
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
)
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Perania birmanica''
(Thorell, 1898) –
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
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Perania cerastes''
Schwendinger, 1994 –
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
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Perania coryne''
Schwendinger, 1994 – Malaysia
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Perania deelemanae''
Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Perania egregia''
Schwendinger, 2013 –
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
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Perania ferox''
Schwendinger, 2013 – Thailand
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Perania harau''
Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Perania korinchica''
Hogg, 1919 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Perania nasicornis''
Schwendinger, 1994 – Thailand
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Perania nasuta''
Schwendinger, 1989 – Thailand
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Perania nigra''
(Thorell, 1890) (
type) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Perania picea''
(Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Perania quadrifurcata''
Schwendinger, 2013 – Thailand
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Perania robusta''
Schwendinger, 1989 –
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, Thailand
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Perania selatan''
Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Perania siamensis''
Schwendinger, 1994 – Thailand
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Perania tumida''
Schwendinger, 2013 – Thailand
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Perania utara''
Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
See also
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List of Pacullidae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pacullidae
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell
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