Tissahamia Explained

Tissahamia is a genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders named after Wanniyalaeto chief Uru Warige Tissahami. It was erected in 20180 for several species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of the Calapnita-Panjange clade of Pholcidae. They have long, thin abdomens that bend upward near the end. They also have six eyes, three on each of two eye stalks.

Species

it contains twelve species:

• T. barisan (Huber, 2016) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• T. bukittimah (Huber, 2016) – Singapore
• T. ethagala (Huber, 2011) (type) – Sri Lanka
• T. gombak (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia
• T. karuna Huber, 2019 – Sri Lanka
• T. kottawagamaensis (Yao & Li, 2016) – Sri Lanka
• T. ledang (Huber, 2011) – Malaysia
• T. maturata (Huber, 2011) – Sri Lanka
• T. phui (Huber, 2011) – Thailand
• T. tanahrata (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia
• T. uludong (Huber, 2016) – Malaysia
• T. vescula (Simon, 1901) – Malaysia

See also

• Pholcus
• List of Pholcidae species

Further reading

• Huber. B. A.. 2019. Zootaxa. The pholcid spiders of Sri Lanka (Araneae: Pholcidae). 4550. 1. 1–57. 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.1. 30790875. 73457411.
• Dong. T. T.. Zheng. G.. Yao. Z. Y.. etal. 2016. Zootaxa. Fifteen new species of the spider genus Pholcus (Araneae: Pholcidae) from Southeast Asia. 4136. 2. 201–246. 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.1. 27395715.
• Huber. B. A.. Koh. J. K. H.. Ghazali. A. R. M.. etal. 2016. European Journal of Taxonomy. New leaf- and litter-dwelling species of the genus Pholcus from Southeast Asia (Araneae, Pholcidae). 200. 1–45. 10.5852/ejt.2016.200. free.
• Simon. E.. 1901. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. On the Arachnida collected during the Skeat expedition to the Malay Peninsula. 71. 1. 45–84. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08164.x.