''Shearella'' 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 spiders in the family

Tetrablemmidae Tetrablemmidae, sometimes called armored spiders, is a family of tropical araneomorph spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1873. It contains 126 described species in 29 genera from southeast Asia, with a few that occur in Afric ...

that was first described by

Pekka T. Lehtinen Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated. Biography Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...

in 1981.

Species

it contains four species, found in Asia: *''

Shearella alii ''Shearella'' is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1981. Species it contains four species, found in Asia: *'' Shearella alii'' Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016 – India ...

'' Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016 – India *'' Shearella lilawati'' Lehtinen, 1981 (

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) –

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 ...

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Shearella sanya ''Shearella'' is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Tetrablemmidae that was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1981. Species it contains four species, found in Asia: *''Shearella alii'' Sankaran & Sebastian, 2016 – India * ...

'' Lin & Li, 2010 –

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 ...

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Shearella selvarani ''Shearella selvarani'' is a species of spiders of the genus ''Shearella''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. See also * List of Tetrablemmidae species This page lists all described species of the spider family Tetrablemmidae accepted by the World ...

'' Lehtinen, 1981 – Sri Lanka

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Madagascar Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen Tetrablemmidae {{Tetrablemmidae-stub