Apokayana Explained

Apokayana is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders named after the Apo Kayan people of Indonesia and Malaysia. It was erected in 2018 for ten species transferred from Panjange after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae.

Species

it contains ten species, all native to Borneo:

• A. bako (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. iban (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. kapit (Huber, 2016) (type) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. kubah (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. niah (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. nigrifrons (Deeleman-Reinhold & Deeleman, 1983) – Indonesia (Borneo)
• A. pueh (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. sedgwicki (Deeleman-Reinhold & Platnick, 1986) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. seowi (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia (Borneo)
• A. tahai (Huber, 2011) – Indonesia (Borneo)

See also

• Panjange
• Pholcus
• List of Pholcidae species

Further reading

• Huber. B. A.. 2011. Bonner Zoologische Monographien. Revision and cladistic analysis of Pholcus and closely related taxa (Araneae, Pholcidae). 58. 1–509.
• Deeleman-Reinhold. C. L.. Platnick. N. I.. 1986. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. A new Panjange from northern Borneo (Araneae, Pholcidae). 94. 4. 559–561.
• Deeleman-Reinhold. C. L.. Deeleman. P. R.. 1983. Zoologische Mededelingen. Studies on tropical Pholcidae I: Panjange, a new genus of Indo-australian leaf- and rock-dwelling pholcid spiders (Araneae). 57. 121–130.