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Passiena is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae with six described species from Africa and Asia. It was first described in 1890 by Thorell.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyLycosidae
Observations recorded13

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taxon
Parent taxon
Lycosidae
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Category:Passiena
taxon name
Passiena
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Lifestyle
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References

Passiena is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae with six described species from Africa and Asia. It was first described in 1890 by Thorell.

==Lifestyle== Members of Passiena are free-running ground spiders.

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