Penestomus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Penestomidae |
Genus: |
Penestomus Simon, 1902 [1] |
Type species | |
P. planus Simon, 1902
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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.
As of June 2019 [update] it contains nine species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa: [1]
Penestomus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Penestomidae |
Genus: |
Penestomus Simon, 1902 [1] |
Type species | |
P. planus 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.
As of June 2019 [update] it contains nine species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa: [1]