Nilantha Vishvanath

Publishing 2012–2019

3 papers 2 species 1 genus 1 country

Publication activity

2012 2019

New taxa described

2012 2019

Described Taxa Distribution

Poecilotheria 2

2 type localities across 1 genus

Frequent collaborators (6)

G.A.S.M Ganehiarachchi 3Ranil P. Nanayakkara 3T.G. Tharaka Kusuminda 3Peter J. Kirk 2Mathisa K. Karunaratne 1Salindra K. Dayananda 1

Papers (3)

Nanayakkara, R. P., Ganehiarachchi, G., Kusuminda, T. T., Vishvanath, N., Karunaratne, M. K. & Kirk, P. J. (2019). A new species of Tiger spider in the genus Poecilotheria Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Belihuloya, Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(3, 2019).

Nanayakkara, R. P., Ganehiarachchi, G., Vishvanath, N. & Kusuminda, T. T. (2015). Discovery of the critically endangered tarantula species of the genus Poecilotheria (Araneae: Theraphosidae), Poecilotheria hanumavilasumica, from Sri Lanka. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8: 1-6.

Nanayakkara, R. P., Kirk, P. J., Dayananda, S. K., Ganehiarachchi, G., Vishvanath, N. & Kusuminda, T. T. (2012). A new species of tiger spider, genus Poecilotheria, from northern Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 28(1): 6-15.

Species Described (2)

Poecilotheria rajaeiPoecilotheria srilankensis