Zelowan
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Zelowan
|authority=Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010
|type_species=Z. spiculiformis
|type_species_authority=Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision=18, see text
}}
Zelowan is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by J. A. Murphy & A. Russell-Smith in 2010.{{cite journal|last=Murphy|first=J. A.|last2=Russell-Smith|first2=A.|year=2010|title=Zelowan, a new genus of African zelotine ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae).|journal=Journal of Afrotropical Zoology|pages=59–82|volume=6}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains eighteen species:{{cite web|title=Gen. Zelowan Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|access-date=2019-06-07|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1010|doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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
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