''Perania'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of Asian

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...

spiders in the family

Pacullidae Pacullidae is a family (biology), family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1894. It was merged into Tetrablemmidae in 1958, then raised back to family status after a large phylogenetic study in 2017. Descr ...

that was first described by

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

in 1890. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Mirania''.

Species

it contains twenty species, found in Asia: *'' Perania annam'' Schwendinger & Košulič, 2015 –

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

*'' Perania armata'' (Thorell, 1890) –

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

(

Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...

) *'' Perania birmanica'' (Thorell, 1898) –

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

*'' Perania cerastes'' Schwendinger, 1994 –

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

*'' Perania coryne'' Schwendinger, 1994 – Malaysia *'' Perania deelemanae'' Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Perania egregia'' Schwendinger, 2013 –

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

*'' Perania ferox'' Schwendinger, 2013 – Thailand *'' Perania harau'' Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Perania korinchica'' Hogg, 1919 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Perania nasicornis'' Schwendinger, 1994 – Thailand *'' Perania nasuta'' Schwendinger, 1989 – Thailand *'' Perania nigra'' (Thorell, 1890) (

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) – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Perania picea'' (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Perania quadrifurcata'' Schwendinger, 2013 – Thailand *'' Perania robusta'' Schwendinger, 1989 –

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, Thailand *'' Perania selatan'' Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' Perania siamensis'' Schwendinger, 1994 – Thailand *'' Perania tumida'' Schwendinger, 2013 – Thailand *'' Perania utara'' Schwendinger, 2013 – Indonesia (Sumatra)

References

Araneomorphae genera Pacullidae Spiders of Asia Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References