Invertebrates Flora Botanical gardens Civil societies Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India.
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Amblypygi Whip spiders, also known as tailless whip scorpions, are harmless arachnids that are clearly identified by the absence of tail, with broad and highly flattened body.
[1][2][3] Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Uropygi (Thelyphonida s.s.) Whip scorpions, also known as vinegaroons, are clearly identified by the presence of a whip-like tail.
When threatened, they emit vinegar-like smell offensive liquid from glands near the rear of their abdomen.
[4] Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Schizomida Short-tailed whipscorpions, also known as Schizomids are relatively small, soft-bodied arachnids, with two-segmented bodies.
[5] Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Opiliones Daddy longlegs, also known as harvestmen are not true relatives of spiders however.
[6][7][8] The pettalid genus Pettalus Thorell, 1876 is now known to have three described and many undescribed species in Sri Lanka according to Hansen & Sørensen, 1904; Sharma & Giribet, 2006.