Penestomus
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| Family: | Penestomidae
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| Genus: | Penestomus Simon, 1903
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| c. 9 species | |
Penestomus is a genus of spiders comprising that was formerly included in the velvet spider family Eresidae, but elevated to its own family Penestomidae in 2010. It is now considered closer to Zodariidae.
Species
- Penestomus armatus (Lehtinen, 1967) — South Africa
- Penestomus croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 — South Africa
- Penestomus egazini Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 — South Africa
- Penestomus kruger Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 — South Africa
- Penestomus montanus Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 — South Africa, Lesotho
- Penestomus planus Simon, 1902 — South Africa
- Penestomus prendinii Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 — South Africa
- Penestomus stilleri (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989) — South Africa
- Penestomus zulu Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 — South Africa
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2014): The world spider catalog, version 14.5. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001
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