Kelabita
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| Kelabita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Kelabita Huber, 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pholcus andulau (Huber, 2011) | |
| Species | |
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Kelabita is a small genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae.[1] It is named after the Kelabit, an ethnic group native to Borneo.[1] They build domed webs up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) above the ground, and can be distinguished by unique sclerotization, including a partially sclerotized embolus.[2] As of April 2022[update] it contains only two species: K. andulau and K. lambir.[1]
