Sceliscelis is a monotypic genus of east African palp-footed spiders containing the single species, Sceliscelis marshi. It was first described by A. D. Oketch, S. Zonstein and E. N. Kioko in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Kenya.[1]
Sceliscelis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Palpimanidae |
Genus: | Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, 2020[1] |
Species: | S. marshi
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Binomial name | |
Sceliscelis marshi Oketch & Li, 2020[1]
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edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ^ Oketch, A. D.; Zonstein, S.; Kioko, E. N.; et al. (2020). "Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya". African Invertebrates. 61 (2): 93–106. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.61.54004. S2CID 225492016.