Pelicinus is a genus of spiders in the family Oonopidae. It was first described in 1892 by Simon. As of 2022, it contains 21 species.[1]

Pelicinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oonopidae
Genus: Pelicinus
Simon[1]
Type species
Pelicinus marmoratus
Species

21, see text

Species

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Pelicinus comprises the following species:[1]

  • Pelicinus amrishi (Makhan & Ezzatpanah, 2011) — Iran
  • Pelicinus churchillae Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Solomon Is.
  • Pelicinus damieu Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — New Caledonia
  • Pelicinus deelemanae Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Thailand
  • Pelicinus duong Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Vietnam
  • Pelicinus johor Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Malaysia
  • Pelicinus khao Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Thailand
  • Pelicinus koghis Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — New Caledonia
  • Pelicinus lachivala Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — India
  • Pelicinus madurai Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — India
  • Pelicinus marmoratus Simon, 1892 (type) — Tropical Asia. Introduced to Pacific Is., Caribbean, Brazil, Canary Is., Kenya, Seychelles
  • Pelicinus monteithi Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — New Caledonia
  • Pelicinus penang Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Malaysia
  • Pelicinus raveni Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Fiji
  • Pelicinus saaristoi Ott & Harvey, 2008 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Pelicinus sayam Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Thailand
  • Pelicinus schwendingeri Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Thailand, China
  • Pelicinus sengleti Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Iran
  • Pelicinus snooky Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
  • Pelicinus tham Platnick, Dupérré, Ott, Baehr & Kranz-Baltensperger, 2012 — Laos
  • Pelicinus tumpy Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Oonopidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.