''Shiragaia'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
Asia
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n
ground spiders containing the single species, ''Shiragaia taeguensis''. It was first described by
Paik Kap Yong
Paik Kap Yong (, 1914 - 1996) was a South Korean arachnologist.
Life
He was born in Daegu, Korea, Empire of Japan in 1914, and had his secondary schooling in Daegu and then in Kyoto, Japan. In 1941, he became a graduate of the Department of Agr ...
in 1992,
and has only been found in
Korea
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.
References
Gnaphosidae
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Taxa named by Paik Kap Yong
Spiders described in 1992
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