Shaitan elchini

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Shaitan
Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Marusik, 2013[1]
Species:
S. elchini
Binomial name
Shaitan elchini
Kovblyuk, Kastrygina & Marusik, 2013

References

  1. "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.
  2. 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.


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