Wanniyala

Wanniyala is a genus of cellar spiders native to Sri Lanka, first described by Huber & Benjamin in 2005.^[1] They have six eyes and four pair of legs and grow up to 2 mm in length. The abdomen is globular and males have a distinctive distal hinged sclerite on the procursus of genitalia.^[2] The name is derived from the Sri Lankans native to the island that the first spiders were found on- the Vedda people- and their surname Wanniyala-Aetto.^[3]

Wanniyala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pholcidae
Genus:	Wanniyala Huber & Benjamin, 2005
Type species
Wanniyala agrabopath Huber & Benjamin, 2005
Species
9, see text.

Species

As of February 2019^[update], it contains nine species:^[4]

• Wanniyala agrabopath Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala hakgala Huber & Benjamin, 2005 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala labugama Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala mapalena Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala mudita Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala ohiya Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala orientalis Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala upekkha Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka
• Wanniyala viharekele Huber, 2019 — Sri Lanka