Persiscape

Persiscape
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Persiscape
Zamani & Marusik, 2020[1]
Type species
P. levyi
(Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005)
Species

7, see text

Persiscape is a genus of funnel weavers first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020.[2]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes seven species:[1]

  • Persiscape caspica Zamani & Marusik, 2020Iran
  • Persiscape caucasica (Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005)Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
  • Persiscape ecbatana Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran
  • Persiscape gideoni (Levy, 1996) – Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Iran
  • Persiscape levyi (Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005) – Azerbaijan, Iran
  • Persiscape nassirkhanii Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran
  • Persiscape zagrosensis Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Iran

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Zamani & Marusik, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
  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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