Penestomus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider		Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Araneomorphae Rank Genus
Family PenestomidaeSimon, 1903 Similar Euctenizidae, Phrurolithidae, Cycloctenidae, Halidae, Huttonia

Penestomus is a genus of spiders comprising about nine species. It is the only genus in the family Penestomidae. The genus was formerly included in the family Eresidae, but was elevated to its own family in 2010. It is now considered closer to Zodariidae.

Species

As of October 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 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

Penestomus Wikipedia

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