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Chatzakia

Chatzakia is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae. It was first described in 2016 by Lissner & Bosmans. This genus was named in honour of the Greek arachnologist Maria Chatzaki. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Chatzakia balearica, found on the Balearic Islands.

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Chatzakia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Chatzakia
Species:
C. balearica
Binomial name
Chatzakia balearica
Lissner, 201612

Chatzakia is a genus of spiders in the family Gnaphosidae. It was first described in 2016 by Lissner & Bosmans. This genus was named in honour of the Greek arachnologist Maria Chatzaki.3 As of 2017, it contains only one species, Chatzakia balearica, found on the Balearic Islands.21

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References

  1. "Gnaphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  2. Lissner, J.; Bosmans, R.; Hernández-Corral, J. (2016). "Description of a New Ground Spider from Majorca, Spain, with the Establishment of a New Genus Chatzakia n. gen. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Arachnology. 17 (3): 142–146. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.3.142. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  3. Yuri M. Marusik; Danniella Sherwood (27 June 2022). "Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists". Arachnology. 19 (sp1). doi:10.13156/ARAC.2022.19.SP1.150. ISSN 2050-9928. Wikidata Q113667188.