Flacillula Explained

Flacillula is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with five described species that occur in the Southeast Asian region.^[1] It is closely related to the genus Afraflacilla.

They look flattish, with a long gray body. They are often found on warm walls, rocks and tree trunks.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Flacillula albofrenata (Simon, 1905) – Java
  • Flacillula dothalugala Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka Flacillula ellaensis Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula henryi Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula hodgsoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula incognita Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
• Flacillula johnstoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula lubrica (Simon, 1901) – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula naipauli Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula piyasenai Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula purpurea (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan

References

• Salticidae.org: Genus Flacillula

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flacillula. World Spider Catalog. 26 July 2017.