Pax (spider)

Pax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Pax Levy, 1990[1]
Type species
Pax libani (Simon, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
Storamia

Pax is a genus of Asian ant spiders first described by G. Levy in 1990.[2]

Species

As of April 2021^[update] it contains 7 species:[1]

• Pax ellipita (Zamani & Marusik, 2021) — Iran
• Pax engediensis Levy, 1990 — Israel
• Pax islamita (Simon, 1873) — Turkey, Israel, Syria, Lebanon
• Pax leila (Zamani & Marusik, 2021) — Iran
• Pax libani (Simon, 1873) — Israel, Lebanon
• Pax meadi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) — Israel, Jordan
• Pax palmonii Levy, 1990 — Israel

References

1. "Gen. Pax Levy, 1990". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
2. Levy, G. (1990). "Spiders of the genus Lachesana and a new storenoid genus from Israel (Araneae: Zodariidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 98 (4): 327–362. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01205.x.