Asiabadus is a monotypic genus of Asian ground spiders containing the single species, Asiabadus asiaticus. It was first described by Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1961,[2] and has only been found in Central Asia and Afghanistan.[1] It is named after Asiabad, a province in Afghanistan where they were first found, but it has been misspelled as "Asiadab" in generic and species headings.[2]

Asiabadus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Asiabadus
Roewer, 1961[1]
Species:
A. asiaticus
Binomial name
Asiabadus asiaticus
(Charitonov, 1946)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Asiabadus Roewer, 1961". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ a b Roewer, C. F. (1961). "Araneae Dionycha aus Afghanistan I.". Acta Universitatis Lundensis (N.F.) (2). 58 (3): 1–33.