Tissahamia maturata

Tissahamia maturata is a species of spider in the family Pholcidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1]

Tissahamia maturata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Tissahamia
Species:
T. maturata
Binomial name
Tissahamia maturata
(Huber, 2011)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pholcus maturata Huber, 2011

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 2011 by Huber as Pholcus maturata.[1] It was transferred to the new genus Tissahamia in 2018 as a result of a molecular phylogenetic study.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Taxon details Tissahamia maturata (Huber, 2011)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-01-09
  2. 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.


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