''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 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'' Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka * ''Wanniyala mapalena'' Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka * ''Wanniyala mudita'' Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka * ''Wanniyala ohiya'' 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 {{Pholcidae-stub