Kelabita
Sign in to saveKelabita is a small genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. It is named after the Kelabit, an ethnic group native to Borneo. They build domed webs up to above the ground, and can be distinguished by unique sclerotization, including a partially sclerotized embolus. it contains only two species: K. andulau and K. lambir.
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Kelabita is a small genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders. The genus was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. It is named after the Kelabit, an ethnic group native to Borneo. They build domed webs up to above the ground, and can be distinguished by unique sclerotization, including a partially sclerotized embolus. it contains only two species: K. andulau and K. lambir.
==See also== Pholcus List of Pholcidae species
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