Xizangiana is a genus of East Asian ground spiders (family Gnaphosidae). The genus was first described in 2004 under the name Xizangia, but this had already been used for at least two other groups of animals. The replacement name Xizangiana was published by Sherwood, Li & Zhang in 2022.[2] As of June 2022, the genus contains only two species, both found in China: X. linzhiensis and X. rigaze.[1]

Xizangiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Xizangiana
Sherwood, Li & Zhang, 2022[1]
Type species
X. linzhiensis
(Hu, 2001)
Species
Synonyms
  • Xizangia Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 (illegitimate homonym)

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Xizangiana Sherwood, Li & Zhang, 2022". World Spider Catalog Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Sherwood, Danniella; Li, Shu-Qiang; Zhang, Feng (2022). "A replacement name for Xizangia Song, Zhu & Zhang, 2004 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)" (PDF). Acta Arachnologica Sinica. 31 (1): 64–65.