Seychellia

Genus of spiders

Seychellia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Telemidae
Genus: Seychellia
Saaristo, 1978[1]
Type species
S. wiljoi
Saaristo, 1978
Species

5, see text

Seychellia is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1978.[2]

Species

As of September 2019[update] it contains five species, found in Africa and China:[1]

  • Seychellia cameroonensis Baert, 1985 – Cameroon
  • Seychellia jeremyi Wang & Li, 2011 – Ivory Coast
  • Seychellia lodoiceae Brignoli, 1980 – Seychelles
  • Seychellia wiljoi Saaristo, 1978 (type) – Seychelles
  • Seychellia xinpingi Lin & Li, 2008 – China

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Seychellia Saaristo, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ Saaristo, M. I. (1978). "Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 15: 99–126.
Taxon identifiers
Seychellia


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