Iranotricha is a genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Iranotricha lutensis. It was first described by Alireza Zamani & Yuri M. Marusik in 2018,[2] and is only found in the Lut Desert, Iran.[1]

Iranotricha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Iranotricha
Zamani & Marusik, 2018
Species:
I. lutensis
Binomial name
Iranotricha lutensis
Zamani & Marusik, 2018[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Iranotricha Zamani & Marusik, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. ^ Zamani, A.; Seiedy, M.; Saboori, A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2018). "The spider genus Pterotricha in Iran, with the description of a new genus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)". ZooKeys (777): 17–41. Bibcode:2018ZooK..777...17Z. doi:10.3897/zookeys.777.26745. PMC 6108275. PMID 31293346.