''Tissahamia'' is a

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of southeast Asian cellar spiders named after Wanniyalaeto chief Uru Warige Tissahami. It was erected in 20180 for several species transferred from ''

Pholcus ''Pholcus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae, with 361 described species as of October 2021. It includes the cellar spider '' P. phalangioides'', often called the "daddy longlegs". This may cause confusion because the name "daddy l ...

'' after a

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study of the Calapnita-Panjange clade of Pholcidae. They have long, thin

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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) (

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) – 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'' (

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, 1901) – Malaysia

Species

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