Zelowan

Zelowan is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by J. A. Murphy & A. Russell-Smith in 2010.^[2]

Zelowan
Scientific classification
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
Species
18, see text

Species

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

1. "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.
2. 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.