''Iranotricha'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

ground spiders Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include ''Gnaphosa'', ''Drassodes' ...

containing the single species, ''Iranotricha lutensis''. It was first described by

Alireza Zamani Alireza Zamani (born 11 January 1994) is an Iranian arachnologist and taxonomist. Life and career Zamani has been interested in spiders since childhood, when he spent most of his time collecting and rearing different species that he could collec ...

Yuri M. Marusik Yuri Mikhailovitch Marusik (born 13 May 1962) is a Russian arachnologist. Early life and education Marusik was born in Sarny, a small town in West Ukraine, to Mikhail Adamovich, a school teacher, and Tamara Andreevna, a nurse. His interest in z ...

in 2018, and is only found in the

Lut Desert The Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut ( fa, دشت لوت, "Emptiness Plain"), is a large salt desert located in the provinces of Kerman Province, Kerman and Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. It is the Li ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Gnaphosidae Monotypic Gnaphosidae genera {{Gnaphosidae-stub