Afropesa
| Afropesa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Entypesidae |
| Genus: | Afropesa Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021[1] |
| Type species | |
| Entypesa schoutedeni (Benoit, 1965)
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| Species | |
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Afropesa is a genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by S. L. Zonstein and D. Ríos-Tamayo in 2021,[2] and its three described species are endemic to South Africa.[1]
The type species was originally described under the name "Entypesa schoutedeni.[3]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:[1]
- Afropesa gauteng Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021
- Afropesa schoutedeni (Benoit, 1965) (type species)
- Afropesa schwendingeri Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Afropesa Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ^ Zonstein, S. L.; Ríos-Tamayo, D. (2021). "Afropesa, a new spider genus from South Africa (Araneae: Entypesidae)". Israel Journal of Entomology. 51: 7–34. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4719052.
- ^ Benoit, P. L. G. (1965). "Etudes sur les Dipluridae africains. Le genre Entypesa Simon (Araneae - Orthognatha)" [Studies on African Dipluridae. The genus Entypesa Simon (Araneae - Orthognatha)]. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines (in French). 71: 258–263.
Further reading
- Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180.
- Raven, R. J. (1983). "Notes on some mygalomorph spiders in the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Dipluridae, Hexathelidae, Ctenizidae: Araneae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 97: 549–562.
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