# Zelowan

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Zelowan
|authority=Murphy & [Russell-Smith](/source/Anthony_Russell-Smith), 2010<ref name=NMBE />
|type_species=''[Z. spiculiformis](/source/Zelowan_spiculiformis)''
|type_species_authority=Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision=18, see text
}}

'''''Zelowan''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Africa](/source/Africa)n [ground spiders](/source/Gnaphosidae) 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](/source/Zelowan_allegena)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan bulbiformis](/source/Zelowan_bulbiformis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan cochleare](/source/Zelowan_cochleare)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan cordiformis](/source/Zelowan_cordiformis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan cuniculiformis](/source/Zelowan_cuniculiformis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan ensifer](/source/Zelowan_ensifer)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan etruricassis](/source/Zelowan_etruricassis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan falciformis](/source/Zelowan_falciformis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan galea](/source/Zelowan_galea)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan larva](/source/Zelowan_larva)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan mammosa](/source/Zelowan_mammosa)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan nodivulva](/source/Zelowan_nodivulva)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Burundi
*''[Zelowan pyriformis](/source/Zelowan_pyriformis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan remota](/source/Zelowan_remota)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Namibia
*''[Zelowan rostrata](/source/Zelowan_rostrata)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan rotundipalpis](/source/Zelowan_rotundipalpis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan similis](/source/Zelowan_similis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> – Congo
*''[Zelowan spiculiformis](/source/Zelowan_spiculiformis)'' <small>Murphy & Russell-Smith, 2010</small> ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Congo

==References==
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Category:Gnaphosidae
Category:Araneomorphae genera
Category:Spiders of Africa
Category:Taxa named by Anthony Russell-Smith

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