''Zanomys'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...
n
spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...
s in the family
Macrobunidae
Macrobunidae is a family of araneomorph spiders. It was treated as a subfamily of Amaurobiidae until elevated to a full family based on a 2023 molecular phylogenetic study.
Taxonomy
A 2023 molecular phylogenetic study of the 'marronoid' group of ...
first described by
R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Species
it contains eight species:
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Zanomys aquilonia''
Leech, 1972 – USA, Canada
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Zanomys californica''
(Banks, 1904) – USA
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Zanomys feminina''
Leech, 1972 – USA
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Zanomys hesperia''
Leech, 1972 – USA
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Zanomys kaiba''
Chamberlin, 1948 – USA
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Zanomys ochra''
Leech, 1972 – USA
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Zanomys sagittaria''
Leech, 1972 – USA
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Zanomys ultima''
Leech, 1972 – USA
References
Macrobunidae
Macrobunidae genera
Spiders of North America
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