Aprusia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Haplogynae
Superfamilia: Dysderoidea

Familia: Oonopidae
Subfamilia: Oonopinae
Genus: Aprusia
Species (5): A. kataragama – A. kerala – A. koslandensis – A. rawanaellensis – A. rothorum – A. strenuus – A. vankhedei – A. veddah – A. vestigator
Name

Aprusia Simon, 1893

Type species: Aprusia strenuus Eugène Louis Simon, 1893

Gender: Masculine
References
Primary references

Simon 1893: Hist. Araign., ed. 2, 1, fasc. 2, 295. [not seen]

Additional references

Grismado, C.J., Deeleman, C.L. & Baehr, B.C. 2011. Te Goblin Spider Genus Aprusia Simon, 1893 (Araneae: Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3706: 1-21. Reference page.
Ranasinghe, U.G.S.L. & Benjamin, S.P. 2018a. Three new species of Aprusia (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Sri Lanka with a phylogenetic analysis of the genus. Journal of Natural History 52(11-12): 713-738. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1444803. Paywall. Reference page.

Aprusia is a genus of goblin spiders in the family Oonopidae, containing eight accepted species. seven species are endemic to Sri Lanka and the other species is endemic to India.
Species

As of February 2022 it contains eight species:[1]

Aprusia kataragama Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
Aprusia kerala Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — India
Aprusia koslandensis Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
Aprusia rawanaellensis Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
Aprusia strenuus Simon, 1893 — Sri Lanka
Aprusia vankhedei Ranasinghe & Benjamin, 2018 — Sri Lanka
Aprusia veddah Grismado & Deeleman, 2011 — Sri Lanka
Aprusia vestigator (Simon, 1893) — Sri Lanka

References

"Gen. Aprusia Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 12 February 2022.