Oonopi dae ): integrating new taxa and taxonomi c implicatio ns Sri Lanka harbours an exceptionally high diversity of goblin spiders (family Oonopidae), with 45 currently recognised species across 13 genera, of which 38 are endemic. In this study, we present a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on two nuclear ri- bosomal markers ( and rRNA), incorporating 28 species from eight genera: Orchestina Pelicinus Silhouettella Xestaspis .