Zagrotes

Zagrotes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Zagrotes Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021[1]
Type species
Z. apophysalis Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021
Species
4, see text

Zagrotes is a genus of Iranian ground spiders, first described by Alireza Zamani, Maria Chatzaki, Sergei L. Esyunin and Yuri M. Marusik in 2021.[2]

Species

As of December 2021^[update] it contains four species:[1]

• Z. apophysalis Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021 (type)
• Z. bifurcatus (Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021)
• Z. borna Zamani & Marusik, 2021
• Z. parla Zamani & Marusik, 2021

See also

• Berinda
• List of Gnaphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Zagrotes Zamani, Chatzaki, Esyunin & Marusik, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
2. Zamani, A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2021). "A new genus and ten new species of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from Iran". ZooKeys (1054): 95–126. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1054...95Z. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1054.70408. PMC 8355012. PMID 34393565.

Further reading

• Zamani, A.; Chatzaki, M.; Esyunin, S. L.; et al. (2021). "One new genus and nineteen new species of ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Iran, with other taxonomic considerations". European Journal of Taxonomy (751): 68–114. doi:10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1381. S2CID 236274726.