Entypesa
Genus of spiders
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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]
| Entypesa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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6, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of June 2020[update] it contains six species, found in South Africa and on Madagascar:[1]
- Entypesa andohahela Zonstein, 2018 – Madagascar
- Entypesa enakara Zonstein, 2018 – Madagascar
- Entypesa fisheri Zonstein, 2018 – Madagascar
- Entypesa nebulosa Simon, 1902 (type) – Madagascar
- Entypesa rastellata Zonstein, 2018 – Madagascar
- Entypesa schoutedeni Benoit, 1965 – South Africa
- E. annulipes (Strand, 1907)