Puan (spider)

Puan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oonopidae
Genus:	Puan ; Izquierdo, 2012
Type species
	P. chechehet Izquierdo, 2012;
Species
	P. chechehetIzquierdo, 2012 — Argentina ; P. nairIzquierdo, 2012 — Argentina ;

Last updated October 21, 2025

Puan is a genus of South American goblin spiders first described by M. A. Izquierdo, N. Ferretti & G. Pompozzi in 2012.^[2] Both described species are endemic to Argentina.

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes two species:^[1]

Puan chechehet Izquierdo, 2012 – Argentina (type species)
Puan nair Izquierdo, 2012 – Argentina

References

1 2 "Gen. Puan Izquierdo, 2012". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-20.
↑ Izquierdo, M. A.; Ferretti, N.; Pompozzi, G. (2012). "On Puan, a new genus of goblin spiders from Argentina (Araneae, Dysderoidea, Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates (3757): 1–22. doi:10.1206/3757.2. hdl: 11336/68031 . S2CID 85829708.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Puan Izquierdo, 2012". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-20.

[Izqu2012-2] Izquierdo, M. A.; Ferretti, N.; Pompozzi, G. (2012). "On Puan, a new genus of goblin spiders from Argentina (Araneae, Dysderoidea, Oonopidae)". American Museum Novitates (3757): 1–22. doi:10.1206/3757.2. hdl: 11336/68031 . S2CID 85829708.

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