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