{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon=Zelowan |authority=Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010<ref name=NMBE /> |type_species=''Z. spiculiformis'' |type_species_authority=Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010 |subdivision_ranks=Species |subdivision=18, see text }}
'''''Zelowan''''' is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by J. A. Murphy & A. Russell-Smith in 2010.<ref name=Murp2010>{{cite journal|last1=Murphy|first1=J. A.|last2=Russell-Smith|first2=A.|year=2010|title=''Zelowan'', a new genus of African zelotine ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae).|journal=Journal of Afrotropical Zoology|pages=59–82|volume=6}}</ref>
==Species== {{as of|2019|05}} it contains eighteen species:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal|title=Gen. Zelowan Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|access-date=2019-06-07|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1010|doi=10.24436/2}}</ref> *''Zelowan allegena'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan bulbiformis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan cochleare'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan cordiformis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan cuniculiformis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan ensifer'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan etruricassis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan falciformis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan galea'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan larva'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan mammosa'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan nodivulva'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Burundi *''Zelowan pyriformis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan remota'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Namibia *''Zelowan rostrata'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan rotundipalpis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan similis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo *''Zelowan spiculiformis'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> (type) – Congo
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Gnaphosidae Category:Araneomorphae genera Category:Spiders of Africa Category:Taxa named by Anthony Russell-Smith
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