| Kikimora palustris | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Kikimora Eskov, 1988 [1] |
| Species: | K. palustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Kikimora palustris Eskov, 1988 | |
Kikimora is a monotypic genus of dwarf spiders containing the single species, Kikimora palustris. It was first described by K. Y. Eskov in 1988, [2] and has only been found in Finland, Norway, and Russia. [1]
When Eskov discovered this genus of sheetweaver spiders he used for it the name of the Russian bogeywoman (and personification of nightmare and sleep paralysis) Kikimora - specifically the type of Kikimora imagined to inhabit swamps (in further reference to the specific name palustris "of the marsh") and to be married to the forest-spirit Leshy. [3]
Kirill Yuryevich Eskov is a Russian writer, biologist and paleontologist.
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