Persilena

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

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

Etymology

The name is a combination of "Persia" and Agelena, due to similarities with that genus.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Persilena Zamani & Marusik, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  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.