''Seychellia'' is a
genus
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of
long-legged cave spiders that was first described by
Michael I. Saaristo in 1978.
Species
it contains five species, found in Africa and
China:
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Seychellia cameroonensis''
Baert, 1985 –
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
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Seychellia jeremyi''
Wang & Li, 2011 – Ivory Coast
*''
Seychellia lodoiceae''
Brignoli, 1980 –
Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, ...
*''
Seychellia wiljoi''
Saaristo, 1978 (
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) – Seychelles
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Seychellia xinpingi''
Lin & Li, 2008 –
China
See also
*
List of Telemidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Telemidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Apneumonella''
''Apneumonella'' Fage, 1921
* '' A. jacobsoni'' Brignoli, 1977 — Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)
* '' A. oculata'' Fa ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of China
Telemidae
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