''Allothele'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
Africa
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n
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
s in the family
Euagridae. It was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1920.
Species
it contains five species:
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Allothele australis''
(Purcell
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, 1903) – South Africa
*''
Allothele caffer''
(Pocock, 1902) (
type) – South Africa
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Allothele malawi''
Coyle, 1984 – Malawi, South Africa
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Allothele regnardi''
(Benoit, 1964) – Congo, Angola
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Allothele teretis''
Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
References
Euagridae
Mygalomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
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