Shiragaia

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Shiragaia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Shiragaia
Paik, 1992 [1]
Species:
S. taeguensis
Binomial name
Shiragaia taeguensis
Paik, 1992

Shiragaia is a monotypic genus of Asian ground spiders containing the single species, Shiragaia taeguensis. It was first described by K. Y. Paik in 1992, [2] and has only been found in Korea. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Shiragaia Paik, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  2. Paik, K. Y. (1992). "A new genus Shiragaia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae; Drassodinae) from Korea". Korean Arachnology. 8: 1–6.