Persilena is a monotypic genus of Middle Eastern funnel weavers containing the single species, Persilena sengleti. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Iran.[1]

Persilena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Persilena
Zamani & Marusik, 2020[1]
Species:
P. sengleti
Binomial name
Persilena sengleti
Zamani & Marusik, 2020[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Persilena Zamani & Marusik, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. ^ Zamani, A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2020). "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. S2CID 214702963.