Paiwana

Paiwana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Paiwana
Huber, 2018[1]
Type species
Pholcus pingtung
(Huber & Dimitrov, 2014)
Species
  • Paiwana chengpoi (Huber & Dimitrov, 2014)
  • Paiwana pingtung (Huber & Dimitrov, 2014)

Paiwana is a small genus of east Asian cellar spiders named after the Paiwan people. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae.[1] Males are distinguished by unique sclerotized modifications to the chelicerae, and females by the unique triangular epigynum shape.[2][3] As of April 2022 it contains only two species, both native to Taiwan: P. chengpoi and P. pingtung.

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