Aprusia is a genus of goblin spiders in the family Oonopidae, containing eight accepted species. Seven species are endemic to Sri Lanka and the other species is endemic to India.
| Aprusia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Aprusia Simon, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Aprusia strenuus Simon, 1893
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| Species | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 species | |
Species
editAs of February 2022[update] it contains eight species:[1]
- Aprusia kataragama Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
- Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — India
- Aprusia koslandensis Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
- Aprusia rawanaellensis Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
- Aprusia strenuus Simon, 1893 — Sri Lanka
- Aprusia vankhedei Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
- Aprusia veddah Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
- Aprusia vestigator (Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka
References
edit- ^ "Gen. Aprusia Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 12 February 2022.