''Callipelis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
ground spiders
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...
containing the single species, ''Callipelis deserticola''. It was first described by
Alireza Zamani
Alireza Zamani (born 11 January 1994) is an Iranian arachnologist and taxonomist.
Life and career
Zamani has been interested in spiders since childhood, when he spent most of his time collecting and rearing different species that he could coll ...
&
Yuri M. Marusik in 2017,
and is only found in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
.
References
External links
Gnaphosidae
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
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