Paiwana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: |
Paiwana Huber, 2018 [1] |
Type species | |
Pholcus pingtung (Huber & Dimitrov, 2014)
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Species | |
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Paiwana is a small genus of east Asian cellar spiders named after the Paiwan people. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. [1] Males are distinguished by unique sclerotized modifications to the chelicerae, and females by the unique triangular epigynum shape. [2] [3] As of April 2022 [update] it contains only two species, both native to Taiwan: P. chengpoi and P. pingtung.
Paiwana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pholcidae |
Genus: |
Paiwana Huber, 2018 [1] |
Type species | |
Pholcus pingtung (Huber & Dimitrov, 2014)
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Species | |
|
Paiwana is a small genus of east Asian cellar spiders named after the Paiwan people. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. [1] Males are distinguished by unique sclerotized modifications to the chelicerae, and females by the unique triangular epigynum shape. [2] [3] As of April 2022 [update] it contains only two species, both native to Taiwan: P. chengpoi and P. pingtung.