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| Persilena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Persilena Zamani & Marusik, 2020[1] |
| Species: | P. sengleti |
| Binomial name | |
| Persilena sengleti | |
Persilena is a monotypic genus of Middle Eastern funnel weavers containing the single species, Persilena sengleti. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Iran.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The name is a combination of "Persia" and Agelena, due to similarities with that genus.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Persilena Zamani & Marusik, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- 1 2 Zamani, A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2020). "A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera". Arachnology. 18 (4): 368–386. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368. S2CID 214702963.
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