''Psechrus tauricornis'' is a species of
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 ...
of the genus ''
Psechrus
''Psechrus'' is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Psechridae, and was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.
Species
it contains fifty-seven species, found only in Asia and Queensland:
*'' P. aluco'' Bayer, 2012 – I ...
''. It is endemic to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
See also
*
List of Psechridae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Psechridae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
''Fecenia''
'' Fecenia'' Simon, 1887
* '' F. cylindrata'' Thorell, 1895 — China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
* '' F. macilenta'' (Simon, ...
References
External links
The Spider genera Psechrus and Fecenia
Psechridae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 2012
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