Flacillula

Flacillula is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with five described species that occur in the Southeast Asian region.^[1] It is closely related to the genus Afraflacilla.

Flacillula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Flacillula Strand, 1932
Type species
Flacilla lubrica Simon, 1901
Species
See text.

They look flattish, with a long gray body. They are often found on warm walls, rocks and tree trunks.

Species

As of August 2021^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Flacillula albofrenata (Simon, 1905) – Java
• Flacillula dothalugala Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula ellaensis Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula henryi Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula hodgsoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula incognita Zabka, 1985 – Vietnam
• Flacillula johnstoni Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula lubrica (Simon, 1901) – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula naipauli Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula piyasenai Bopearachchi & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
• Flacillula purpurea (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan