Kut (spider)

Kut
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Dysderidae
Genus:	Kut; Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019
Type species
	Harpactocrates troglophilus; (Brignoli, 1978)
Species
	Kut dimensis Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019 ; Kut izmiricus Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019 ; Kut troglophilus (Brignoli, 1978) ;

Kut is a genus of Middle Eastern woodlouse hunting spiders. The type species was first described by Paolo Brignoli from a male found in Turkey, and it was placed with Harpactocrates.^[2] In a 1988 study, Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold expressed doubt of the holotype's placement,^[3] but it wasn't transferred to its own genus until 2019.^[1] Two other species were identified, all with the same distinctive pedipalp features, including a pear-shaped tegulum with an otherwise featureless embolus.^[4] As of April 2022^[update] it contains only three species: K. dimensis, K. izmiricus, and K. troglophilus.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Kut Kunt, Elverici, Yağmur & Özkütük, 2019". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
^ Brignoli, P. M. (1978). "Ragni di Turchia IV. Leptonetidae, Dysderidae ed Agelenidae nuovi o interessanti di grotte della Turchia meridionale (Araneae)" [Spiders of Turkey IV. New or interesting Leptonetidae, Dysderidae and Agelenidae from southern Turkish caves (Araneae)]. Quaderni di Speleologia, Circolo Speleologico Romano (in Italian). 3: 37–54.
^ Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L.; Deeleman, P. R. (1988). "Revision des Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), les espèces mediterranéennes occidentales exceptées" [Revision of Dysderinae (Araneae, Dysderidae), except Western Mediterranean species]. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie (in French). 131: 141–269.
^ Kunt, K. B.; Elverici, M.; Yağmur, E. A.; et al. (2019). "Kut gen. nov., a new troglomorphic spider genus from Turkey (Araneae, Dysderidae)". Subterranean Biology. 32: 95–109. doi:10.3897/subtbiol.32.46534.