Kelabita is a small genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae.[1] It is named after the Kelabit, an ethnic group native to Borneo.[1] They build domed webs up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) above the ground, and can be distinguished by unique sclerotization, including a partially sclerotized embolus.[2] As of April 2022 it contains only two species: K. andulau and K. lambir.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c d "Gen. Kelabita Huber, 2018". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-12.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- Huber, B. A. (2011). "Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien. 58: 1–509.
- Huber, B. A.; Petcharad, B.; Leh Moi Ung, C.; et al. (2016). "The Southeast Asian Pholcus halabala species group (Araneae, Pholcidae): new data from field observations and ultrastructure" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy (190): 1–55. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.190.
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