Taxonomic descriptions of nine new species of the goblin spider genera Cavisternum, Grymeus, Ischnothyreus, Opopaea, Pelicinus and Silhouettella (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Sri Lanka

By

Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L.
Benjamin, Suresh P.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-6-21

Original Publication

Alpine entomology

Volume

2

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

65--80

Subjects

Biodiversity , Ceylon , leaf litter , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[Sofia, Bulgaria] Pensoft Publishers 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.2.25200

 

Abstract

Nine new species of goblin spiders are described in six different genera:Cavisternumbomn. sp.,Grymeusdharmapriyain. sp.,Ischnothyreuschippyn. sp.,Opopaeaspinosiscoronan. sp.,Pelicinussnookyn. sp.,P.tumpyn. sp.,Silhouettellasaaristoin. sp.,S.snippyn. sp. andS.tiggyn. sp. Three genera are recorded for the first time in Sri Lanka:Cavisternum,GrymeusandSilhouettella. The first two genera are reported for the first time outside of Australia. Sri Lankan goblin spider diversity now comprises 45 described species in 13 different genera.