Pax Levy, 1990

Zamani, Alireza & Marusik, Yuri M., 2021, Revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Arachnida, Araneae) in Iran and Turkmenistan, with seventeen new species, ZooKeys 1035, pp. 145-193 : 145

Genus Pax Levy, 1990

Type species.

Habronestes libani Simon, 1873 from Lebanon.

Comments.

This is a small genus with seven species distributed exclusively in the Middle East from Turkey and Israel to Iran (including the two new species described below, representing the first record of this genus in this country). Members of this genus can be easily distinguished from all other zodariids found in the study area by the ovoid carapace lacking a distinct separation between the cephalic and thoracic parts and also by males having a modified cymbium.