Penestomus

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Penestomus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Penestomidae
Genus: Penestomus
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species

Simon, 1902
Species

9, see text

Synonyms[1]

Penestomus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Penestomidae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[3] The genus was formerly included in the family Eresidae, but was elevated to its own family in 2010. It is now considered closer to Zodariidae.

Species[]

As of June 2019 it contains nine species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa:[1]

  • (Lehtinen, 1967) – South Africa
  • Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South Africa
  • Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
  • Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
  • Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa, Lesotho
  • Simon, 1902 (type) – South Africa
  • Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
  • (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989) – South Africa
  • Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa

See also[]

  • List of Penestomidae species

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Penestomus Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. ^ Miller, J. A.; Griswold, C. E.; Haddad, C. R. (2010). "Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae)". Zootaxa. 2534: 6. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.1.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1902). "Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux de la section de Cribellatés". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1902: 240–243. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.19237.
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