Zelowan is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by J. A. Murphy & A. Russell-Smith in 2010.[2]
| Zelowan | |
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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: | Zelowan Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010[1] |
| Type species | |
| Z. spiculiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010
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| Species | |
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18, see text | |
Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains eighteen species:[1]
- Zelowan allegena Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan bulbiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan cochleare Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan cordiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan cuniculiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan ensifer Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan etruricassis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan falciformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan galea Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan larva Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan mammosa Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan nodivulva Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Burundi
- Zelowan pyriformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan remota Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Namibia
- Zelowan rostrata Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan rotundipalpis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan similis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 – Congo
- Zelowan spiculiformis Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 (type) – Congo
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Zelowan Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ Murphy, J. A.; Russell-Smith, A. (2010). "Zelowan, a new genus of African zelotine ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology. 6: 59–82.