Tissahamia
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| Tissahamia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Tissahamia Huber, 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pholcus ethagala (Huber, 2011) | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Tissahamia is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders named after Wanniyalaeto chief Uru Warige Tissahami.[2] It was erected in 2018 for several species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of the Calapnita-Panjange clade of Pholcidae.[2] They have long, thin abdomens that bend upward near the end. They also have six eyes, three on each of two eye stalks.[3]
As of April 2022[update] it contains twelve species:[1]
- T. barisan (Huber, 2016) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- T. bukittimah (Huber, 2016) – Singapore
- T. ethagala (Huber, 2011) (type) – Sri Lanka
- T. gombak (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia
- T. karuna Huber, 2019 – Sri Lanka
- T. kottawagamaensis (Yao & Li, 2016) – Sri Lanka
- T. ledang (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia
- T. maturata (Huber, 2011) – Sri Lanka
- T. phui (Huber, 2011) – Thailand
- T. tanahrata (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia
- T. uludong (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia
- T. vescula (Simon, 1901) – Malaysia
