Adelonychia

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

Last updated October 08, 2025

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 2 3 4 "Gen. Diplothele O. P-Cambridge, 1890". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
↑ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

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[WSC_g445-1] 1 2 3 4 "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2016.

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