Zaitunia akhanii is a species of the araneomorph spider family Filistatidae (crevice weaver spiders).[1]

Zaitunia akhanii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Filistatidae
Genus: Zaitunia
Species:
Z. akhanii
Binomial name
Zaitunia akhanii

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Tehran Province, Iran.[2]

Description

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The female holotype measured 5.2 mm.[2]

Etymology

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This species was named after Iranian botanist Hossein Akhani.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Taxon details Zaitunia akhanii Marusik, 2015", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-02
  2. ^ a b c Marusik, Yuri M. & Zamani, Alireza (2015), "The spider family Filistatidae (Araneae) in Iran", ZooKeys (516): 123–135, doi:10.3897/zookeys.516.10146, PMC 4547373, PMID 26312024