''Argistes velox'', is a species of

spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

of the genus ''

Argistes ''Argistes'' is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Liocranidae, containing three species restricted to Sri Lanka and Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its bor ...

''. It is endemic to

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

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Spiders described in 1897 Liocranidae Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka Spiders of Asia {{liocranidae-stub

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