Asiascape

Asiascape
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Asiascape
Zamani & Marusik, 2020
Species:
A. parthica
Binomial name
Asiascape parthica
Zamani & Marusik, 2020

Asiascape is a monotypic genus of Middle Eastern funnel weavers containing the single species, Asiascape parthica. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020, and it has only been found in Iran.

Etymology

Asiascape and Persiscape are a combination of the location and -scape, referring to the similarity with Agelescape.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Asiascape Zamani & Marusik, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  2. 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.