Biology:Aprusia

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Aprusia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Aprusia
Simon, 1893
Type species
Aprusia strenuus
Simon, 1893
Species

See text

Diversity
8 species

Aprusia is a genus of goblin spiders in the family Oonopidae, containing eight accepted species. seven species are endemic to Sri Lanka and the other species is endemic to India .

Species

(As of February 2022) it contains eight species:[1]

  • Aprusia kataragama Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
  • Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — India
  • Aprusia koslandensis Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
  • Aprusia rawanaellensis Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
  • Aprusia strenuus Simon, 1893 — Sri Lanka
  • Aprusia vankhedei Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
  • Aprusia veddah Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
  • Aprusia vestigator (Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka

References

  1. Gen. Aprusia Simon, 1893. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2088. Retrieved 12 February 2022. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2858980 entry