Zelowan

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Zelowan
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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

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Species

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Zelowan Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  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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