Dilini Bopearachchi

UNSW Sydney | UNSW · Evolution & Ecology Research Centre

The Oriental jumping spider genus Flacillula Strand, 1932 has remained taxonomically un‐revised and has never been subjected to phylogenetic evaluation. Due to its ambiguous circumscription, several species not sister to its type species were subsequently placed in it, rendering the genus a “holdall.” This study is designed to investigate the monop...

Ballus Koch, 1850 is a beetle-like jumping spider genus encountered in montane evergreen rainforests of the Central and Uva Provinces of Sri Lanka. The taxonomic literature documents three species of the genus for the island. However, neither the taxonomic validity nor the systematics of any of the three species have been previously examined. We us...

Mihintale Sanctuary is one of the high biodiversity protected area located in the dry zone. The present study was carried out in three different habitat types at the eastern border of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka in 2014. The main objective of the study was to determine the species diversity and study feeding ec...

Mihintale Sanctuary is one of the high biodiversity protected area located in the dry zone. The present study was carried out in three different habitat types at the eastern border of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka in 2014. The main objective of the study was to determine the species diversity and study feeding ec...