''Schenkeliella'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
Sri Lanka
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n
long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species, ''Schenkeliella spinosa''.
The species was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871 under the name ''Oeta spinosa'',
but it was renamed to "Schenkeliella" by
Embrik Strand
Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula.
Life and career
Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at t ...
in 1934 because the name was already in use for a genus of
ermine moth
: ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."''
An ermine moth is any moth in the family Yponomeutidae, which has s ...
s.
Originally placed with the
Nesticidae
Scaffold web spiders or cave cobweb spiders (Nesticidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders closely allied with tangle-web spiders (Theridiidae). Like the Theridiidae, these spiders have a comb of serrated bristles on the hind tarsi that are u ...
,
it transferred to the
Tetragnathidae
Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-s ...
in 1980.
See also
*
Ermine moth
: ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."''
An ermine moth is any moth in the family Yponomeutidae, which has s ...
*
List of Tetragnathidae species
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References
Invertebrates of Sri Lanka
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Embrik Strand
Tetragnathidae
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