Nicylla
Genus of spiders
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Nicylla is a monotypic genus of Sumatran jumping spiders containing the single species, Nicylla sundevalli. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1890,[2] and is only found on Sumatra.[1] Briefly considered a synonym of Thiania,[3] it was elevated back to genus status in 2017.[4]
| Nicylla | |
|---|---|
| Nicylla sundevalli | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Nicylla Thorell, 1890[1] |
| Species: | N. sundevalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Nicylla sundevalli Thorell, 1890 | |
Thiania, circumscribed to include Nicylla, is placed in the tribe Euophryini, part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae.[5]