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Entypesa

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Entypesa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Entypesidae
Genus: Entypesa
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
E. nebulosa
Simon, 1902
Species

6, see text

Synonyms[1]

Entypesa is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[3] Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders,[3] it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985,[2] then to the Entypesidae in 2020.[4] It is a senior synonym of Pseudohermacha.[2]

Species

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As of June 2020 it contains six species, found in South Africa and on Madagascar:[1]

Nomen dubium

  • E. annulipes (Strand, 1907)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Entypesa Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ a b c Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 86.
  3. ^ a b Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Aviculariides faisant partie de collections du Muséum". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. 8: 595–599.
  4. ^ Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701–702. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.

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