Biology:Zelowan

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Zelowan
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Zelowan
Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010[1]
Type species
Z. spiculiformis
Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010
Species

18, see text

Zelowan is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by J. A. Murphy & A. Russell-Smith in 2010.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains eighteen species:[1]

  • Zelowan allegena Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan bulbiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan cochleare Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan cordiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan cuniculiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan ensifer Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan etruricassis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan falciformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan galea Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan larva Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan mammosa Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan nodivulva Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Burundi
  • Zelowan pyriformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan remota Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Namibia
  • Zelowan rostrata Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan rotundipalpis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan similis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
  • Zelowan spiculiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 (type) – Congo

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Zelowan Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1010. 
  2. Murphy, J. A.; Russell-Smith, A. (2010). "Zelowan, a new genus of African zelotine ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae).". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 6: 59–82. 

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