Adelonychia

Adelonychia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Barychelidae
Genus:	Adelonychia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890[1]
Type species
Adelonychia walshi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890[1]
Species
See text.

Adelonychia is a genus of mygalomorph spider in the family Barychelidae, containing four species restricted to India and Sri Lanka.[1][2] It formerly belonged in the genus Diplothele.

Species

As of January 2022^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

• Adelonychia gravelyi Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009 – India
• Adelonychia halyi Simon, 1892 – Sri Lanka
• Adelonychia tenebrosus Siliwal, Molur & Raven, 2009 – India
• Adelonychia walshi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1890 – India

References

1. "Gen. Diplothele O. P-Cambridge, 1890". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
2. Siliwal, Manju; Molur, Sanjay; Raven, Robert (2009). "Two new species of the genus Diplothele (Araneae, Barychelidae) from Orissa, India with notes on D. walshi" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. Retrieved 22 April 2016.