Ishania is a genus of Central American ant spiders first described in 1925 by Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[2] Originally placed in Agelenidae, it was later moved to Zodariidae in 1965.[3]

Ishania
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Ishania
Chamberlin[1]
Type species
Ishania tentativa
Species

35, see text

Species

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As of February 2019, it contains the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Zodariidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  2. ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1925). "Diagnoses of new American Arachnida". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 67: 209–248.
  3. ^ Roth, V. D. (1965). "Genera erroneously placed in the spider families Agelenidae and Pisauridae (Araneida: Arachnida)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 58 (3): 289–292. doi:10.1093/aesa/58.3.289.