''Schenkeliella'' is a
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
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
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 ...
n
long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, ''Schenkeliella spinosa''.
The species was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871 under the name ''Oeta spinosa'',
but it was renamed to "Schenkeliella" by
Embrik Strand in 1934 because the name was already in use for a genus of
ermine moths.
Originally placed with the
Nesticidae,
it transferred to the
Tetragnathidae
Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-se ...
in 1980.
See also
*
Ermine moth
*
List of Tetragnathidae species
References
Invertebrates of Sri Lanka
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Embrik Strand
Tetragnathidae
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