World Spider Catalog

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

Utivarachna peekaboo Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066458

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066458

Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), Kandy, Sri Lanka m (Tra_022) - (Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b)
Paratype: National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), Kandy, Sri Lanka 1f (Tra_017) - (Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Utivarachna peekaboo Dayananda & Benjamin, 2025b: 14, f. 9D, 10A-G, 11A-C, 14G-H, 15D, I, N, 16B-C (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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