Zaitunia akhanii

Zaitunia akhanii is a species of the araneomorph spider family Filistatidae (crevice weaver spiders).[1]

Zaitunia akhanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Filistatidae
Genus: Zaitunia
Species:
Z. akhanii
Binomial name
Zaitunia akhanii
Marusik & Zamani, 2015[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Tehran Province, Iran.[2]

Description

The female holotype measured 5.2 mm.[2]

Etymology

This species was named after Iranian botanist Hossein Akhani.[2]

References
  1. "Taxon details Zaitunia akhanii Marusik, 2015", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-02
  2. Marusik, Yuri M. & Zamani, Alireza (2015), "The spider family Filistatidae (Araneae) in Iran", ZooKeys, 516 (4): 123–135, doi:10.3897/zookeys.516.10146, PMC 4547373, PMID 26312024


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