World Spider Catalog

Genus: Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 | Family: Trachelidae Simon, 1897

Utivarachna boo Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066454

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), Kandy, Sri Lanka m (Tra_008) - (Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b)
Paratype: National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), Kandy, Sri Lanka 1f (Tra_007) - (Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Utivarachna boo Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b: 5, f. 2A-G, 3A-C, 9A, 14A-B, 15A, F, K, 16A (Dmf) Original description

References

Dayananda, N. & Benjamin, S. P. (2025b). Six new species of Utivarachna Kishida, 1940 (Araneae: Trachelidae) from Sri Lanka, with a key to the Sri Lankan species. ZooNova 45: 1-25. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17611175 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-11-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b
2025-11-21	New species inserted	Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b

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