Loxosceles coheni

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Loxosceles coheni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sicariidae
Genus: Loxosceles
Species:
L. coheni
Binomial name
Loxosceles coheni
Zamani, Mirshamsi & Marusik, 2021 [1]

Loxosceles coheni is a species of spider in the Sicariidae family native to Iran, described in 2021. [2] The species is named after the Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen. [3] [4]

References

  1. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog".
  2. Zamani, Alireza; Mirshamsi, Omid; Marusik, Yuri M. (2021). "'Burning Violin': The Medically Important Spider Genus Loxosceles (Araneae: Sicariidae) in Iran, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, with Two New Species" . Journal of Medical Entomology. 58 (2): 666–675. doi:10.1093/jme/tjaa257. PMID   33300575.
  3. "New Species of Recluse Spider Named for Leonard Cohen". 8 January 2021.
  4. "New-To-Science Spider Named After Leonard Cohen". 21 December 2020.