Patelloceto

Patelloceto
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Patelloceto
Lyle & Haddad, 2010[1]
Type species
P. secutor Lyle & Haddad, 2010
Species

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Patelloceto is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2010.[2]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes five species:[1]

  • Patelloceto denticulata Lyle & Haddad, 2010Ethiopia
  • Patelloceto media Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – Central, East Africa
  • Patelloceto murphyorum Pett, 2022Kenya
  • Patelloceto secutor Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – Southern Africa (type species)
  • Patelloceto thomasi Pett, 2022 – Kenya

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Patelloceto Lyle & Haddad, 2010". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  2. ^ Lyle, R.; Haddad, C. R. (2010). "A revision of the tracheline sac spider genus Cetonana Strand, 1929 in the Afrotropical region, with descriptions of two new genera (Araneae: Corinnidae)". African Invertebrates. 51 (2): 321–384. Bibcode:2010AfrIn..51..321L. doi:10.5733/afin.051.0206.