Flacillula is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with five described species that occur in the Southeast Asian region.[1] It is closely related to the genus Afraflacilla.
| Flacillula | |
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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: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Flacillula Strand, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| Flacilla lubrica Simon, 1901
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| Species | |
They look flattish, with a long gray body. They are often found on warm walls, rocks and tree trunks.
Species
editAs of August 2021[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Flacillula albofrenata (Simon, 1905) – Java
- Flacillula dothalugala Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula ellaensis Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula henryi Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula hodgsoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula incognita Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
- Flacillula johnstoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula lubrica (Simon, 1901) – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula naipauli Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula piyasenai Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
- Flacillula purpurea (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan
References
edit- ^ a b "Flacillula". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- Salticidae.org: Genus Flacillula
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