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Genus: Persiscape Zamani & Marusik, 2020 | Family: Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Persiscape caucasica (Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040194

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Described:

Distribution: Greece, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia f (Ta-7506) - (Mikhailov, 2018a)
Paratype: Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia 2f (Ta-7507) - (Mikhailov, 2018a)

Taxonomic References

Agelescape caucasica Guseinov, Marusik & Koponen, 2005: 157, f. 9-12, 69-71, 105 (Df) Original description

Persiscape caucasica Zamani & Marusik, 2020a: 376, f. 12M-O (f, T from Agelescape)

Persiscape caucasica Zamani, Kaya & Marusik, 2024: 253, f. 1C, 2D-E (f)

References

Guseinov, E., Marusik, Y. M. & Koponen, S. (2005). Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan 5. Faunistic review of the funnel-web spiders (Agelenidae) with the description of a new genus and species. Arthropoda Selecta 14(2): 153-177. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2020a). A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera. Arachnology 18(4): 368-386. doi: 10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368 -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Kaya, R. S. & Marusik, Y. M. (2024). New taxonomic and faunistic data on the funnel-weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae) of Turkiye and the Caucasus, with five new species. ZooKeys 1218: 251-286. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1218.135249 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-11-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani, Kaya & Marusik, 2024
2024-11-22	Species distribution update	Zamani, Kaya & Marusik, 2024	Old value
2020-03-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani & Marusik, 2020a
2020-03-24	Species transferred to new genus	Zamani & Marusik, 2020a		Species transferred from Agelescape to Persiscape
2019-07-27	Species distribution update		Old value