Seychellia is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1978.[2]
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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: | Telemidae |
| Genus: | Seychellia Saaristo, 1978[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. wiljoi Saaristo, 1978
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5, see text | |
Species edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ Saaristo, M. I. (1978). "Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 15: 99–126.