Ctenolophus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Idiopidae |
Genus: |
Ctenolophus Purcell, 1904 [1] |
Type species | |
C. kolbei (Purcell, 1902)
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Species | |
6, see text |
Ctenolophus is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904. [2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985. [3]
As of June 2022 [update] it contains 6 species, all found in South Africa: [1]
Ctenolophus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Idiopidae |
Genus: |
Ctenolophus Purcell, 1904 [1] |
Type species | |
C. kolbei (Purcell, 1902)
| |
Species | |
6, see text |
Ctenolophus is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904. [2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985. [3]
As of June 2022 [update] it contains 6 species, all found in South Africa: [1]