Proszynskiana is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by D. V. Logunov in 1996. It is named in honor of arachnologist Jerzy Prószyński.
Taxonomy In Maddison's 2015 classification of the family Salticidae, Proszynskiana is placed in the tribe Aelurillini, part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae.
Species it contains seven species, found in Siberia, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan: Proszynskiana aeluriforma Logunov & Rakov, 1998 – Uzbekistan Proszynskiana deserticola Logunov, 1996 – Kazakhstan Proszynskiana iranica Logunov, 1996 – Turkmenistan Proszynskiana izadii Azarkina & Zamani, 2019 – Iran Proszynskiana logunovi Azarkina & Zamani, 2019 – Iran Proszynskiana starobogatovi Logunov, 1996 (type) – Tajikistan Proszynskiana zonshteini Logunov, 1996 – Turkmenistan
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