Shaitan is a monotypic genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Shaitan elchini. It was first described by M. M. Kovblyuk, Z. A. Kastrygina & Yuri M. Marusik in 2013,[2] and has only been found in Russia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan.[1]
| Shaitan elchini | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Shaitan Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Marusik, 2013[1] |
| Species: | S. elchini
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| Binomial name | |
| Shaitan elchini Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Marusik, 2013
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References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Shaitan Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Marusik, 2013". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ Kovblyuk, M. M.; Kastrygina, Z. A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2013). "A new genus Shaitan elchini gen. et sp.n. (Aranei: Gnaphosidae) from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan". Arthropoda Selecta. 22: 145–151. doi:10.15298/arthsel.22.2.03.