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Cilantica
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Cilantica

Cilantica is a genus of Indian tarantulas that was described by Mirza in 2024. Two members from Haploclastus were transferred into the genus along with one new species. They are only found in the Palakkad Gap.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cilantica agasthyaensis

speciesCilantica agasthyaensis

Psychedelic Earth Tiger

speciesCilantica devamatha

Parambikulam Large Burrowing Spider

speciesCilantica kayi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1599080.