Ranil P. Nanayakkara

Publishing 2012–2019

4 papers 3 species 2 genera 1 country

Publication activity

2012 2019

New taxa described

2012 2019

Described Taxa Distribution

Poecilotheria 2 Chilobrachys 1

3 type localities across 2 genera

Frequent collaborators (7)

G.A.S.M Ganehiarachchi 3 Nilantha Vishvanath 3 Peter J. Kirk 3 T.G. Tharaka Kusuminda 3 Amila Prasanna Sumanapala 1 Mathisa K. Karunaratne 1 Salindra K. Dayananda 1

Papers (4)

Nanayakkara, R. P., Sumanapala, A. P. & Kirk, P. J. (2019). Another from Sri Lanka, after 126 years; Chilobrachys jonitriantisvansicklei sp. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from a fragmented forest patch in the wet zone of Sri Lanka. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 34(2): 25-36.

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 (3)