Kut is a genus of Middle Eastern woodlouse hunting spiders. The type species was first described by Paolo Brignoli from a male found in Turkey, and it was placed with Harpactocrates.[2] In a 1988 study, Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold expressed doubt of the holotype's placement,[3] but it wasn't transferred to its own genus until 2019.[1] Two other species were identified, all with the same distinctive pedipalp features, including a pear-shaped tegulum with an otherwise featureless embolus.[4] As of April 2022 it contains only three species: K. dimensis, K. izmiricus, and K. troglophilus.[1]

Kut
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Kut
Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019[1]
Type species
Harpactocrates troglophilus
(Brignoli, 1978)
Species
  • Kut dimensis Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019
  • Kut izmiricus Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019
  • Kut troglophilus (Brignoli, 1978)

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Kut Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. ^ Brignoli, P. M. (1978). "Ragni di Turchia IV. Leptonetidae, Dysderidae ed Agelenidae nuovi o interessanti di grotte della Turchia meridionale (Araneae)" [Spiders of Turkey IV. New or interesting Leptonetidae, Dysderidae and Agelenidae from southern Turkish caves (Araneae)]. Quaderni di Speleologia, Circolo Speleologico Romano (in Italian). 3: 37–54.
  3. ^ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L.; Deeleman, P. R. (1988). "Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées" [Revision of Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), except Western Mediterranean species]. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (in French). 131: 141–269.
  4. ^ Kunt, K. B.; Elverici, M.; Yağmur, E. A.; et al. (2019). "Kut gen. nov., a new troglomorphic spider genus from Turkey (Araneae, Dysderidae)". Subterranean Biology. 32: 95–109. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.32.46534.

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