''Entypesidae'' is a family of African
mygalomorphae
The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to the ...
spiders.
It was first described in 2020, and includes three genera moved from the
funnel-web trapdoor spiders (family Nemesiidae).
Genera
, the
World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...
accepts the following genera:
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Afropesa''
Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021 – South Africa
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Brachytheliscus''
Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
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Entypesa
''Entypesa'' is a genus of African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. Originally placed with the curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1 ...
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Simon, 1902 – Madagascar
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Hermacha
''Hermacha'' is a genus of mygalomorphae spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the funnel-web trapdoor spiders in 1985, then to the ...
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Simon, 1889 – South America, Africa
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Hermachola''
Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
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Lepthercus''
Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
References
Mygalomorphae families
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