''Wanniyala agrabopath'', 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 ''
Wanniyala
''Wanniyala'' is a genus of cellar spiders native to Sri Lanka, first described by Huber & Benjamin in 2005. They have six eyes and four pair of legs and grow up to 2 mm in length. The abdomen is globular and males have a distinctive dista ...
''. 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 ...
.
The species was described with a male found from Agrabopath Forest,
Agrapatana, hence the specific name.
Description
Male of species is differentiated by its counterpart species ''
Wanniyala hakgala
''Wanniyala hakgala'' is a species of spider of the genus ''Wanniyala''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species was described with a male found from Hakgala area, hence the specific name.
Description
Male of species is differentiated by its cou ...
'' by epigynum without pointed projection, ochre-yellow carapace with wide blackish median band without lateral dark margins. Opisthosoma grey with black pattern dorsally and no patterns ventrally. Sternum and legs are pale ochre yellow in color. Female is much similar to male, but with an unmodified clypeus.
Distribution
Exclusively endemic to central hills of Sri Lanka, the species is found only from two localities in
Ratnapura district
Ratnapura ( Sinhala: රත්නපුර දිස්ත්රික්කය, Tamil: இரத்தினபுரம் மாவட்டம்) is a district of Sri Lanka in the Sabaragamuwa Province.
The gem-mining centre of Sri La ...
. The type locality is from Agrapatana, and the other site is
Horton Plains.
See also
*
List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Pholcidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 1820 species in 94 genera:
A ''Aetana''
''Aetana'' Huber, 2005
* '' Aetana abadae'' Huber, 2015 — Philippines
* '' Aetana baga ...
References
Pholcidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 2005
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