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Marjanus

Marjanus is a genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Marjanus platnicki. It was first described by M. Chatzaki in 2018, and is only found in Greece and China.

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Marjanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Marjanus
Chatzaki, 2018
Species:
M. platnicki
Binomial name
Marjanus platnicki
Chatzaki, 20181

Marjanus is a genus of ground spiders containing the single species, Marjanus platnicki. It was first described by M. Chatzaki in 2018,2 and is only found in Greece and China.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Marjanus Chatzaki, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. Chatzaki, M. (2018). "On the ground spider genera Marjanus gen. n., Lasophorus gen. n. and Turkozelotes Kovblyuk & Seyyar, 2009 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Greece". Zootaxa. 4392 (3): 521–545. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.5. PMID 29690396.