Tissahamia is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders named after Wanniyalaeto chief Uru Warige Tissahami.[2] It was erected in 20180 for several species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of the Calapnita-Panjange clade of Pholcidae.[2] They have long, thin abdomens that bend upward near the end. They also have six eyes, three on each of two eye stalks.[3]

Tissahamia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Tissahamia
Huber, 2018[1]
Type species
Pholcus ethagala
(Huber, 2011)
Species

12, see text

Calapnita‑Panjange clade

Species

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As of April 2022 it contains twelve species:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Tissahamia Huber, 2018". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  2. ^ a b Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys (789): 51–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781. PMC 6193417. PMID 30344435.
  3. ^ Huber, B. A. (2011). "Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 58: 1–509.

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