taprobanius

Updated: May 14, 2025

Walckenær has described a spider of large size, under the name of Olios Taprobanius, which is very common in Ceylon, and conspicuous from the fiery hue of the under surface, the remainder being covered with gray hair so short and fine that the body seems almost denuded.

Sir James Emerson Tennent - Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon