Chelifer

"Four or five species of spiders, of which the specimens cannot be satisfactorily described; one _Ixodes_ and one _Chelifer_ have been forwarded to England from Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites."

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

One of these ill-used creatures is a tiny, tail-less scorpion (_Chelifer_ [1]), and another is the pretty little silvery creature (_Lepisma_), called by

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

"Four or five species of spiders, of which the specimens cannot be satisfactorily described; one _Ixodes_ and one _Chelifer_ have been forwarded to England from Ceylon by Mr. Thwaites."

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836