''Wanniyala'' 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
cellar spiders native 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 ...
, 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 distal hinged sclerite on the procursus of genitalia.
The name is derived from the Sri Lankans native to the island that the first spiders were found on- the ''
Vedda people''- and their surname ''Wanniyala-Aetto''.
Species
, it contains nine species:
* ''
Wanniyala agrabopath''
Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala hakgala''
Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala labugama
''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 distal ...
''
Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala mapalena
''Wanniyala'' is a genus of Pholcidae, 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 distinct ...
''
Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala mudita
''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 distal ...
''
Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala ohiya
''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 distal ...
''
Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala orientalis''
Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala upekkha''
Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
* ''
Wanniyala viharekele''
Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
References
Pholcidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Pholcidae genera
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