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 1985, then to the Entypesidae in 2020. It is a senior synonym of Pseudohermacha.

Species

it contains six species, found in South Africa and on Madagascar:

• Entypesa andohahela <small>Zonstein, 2018</small> – Madagascar
• Entypesa enakara <small>Zonstein, 2018</small> – Madagascar
• Entypesa fisheri <small>Zonstein, 2018</small> – Madagascar
• Entypesa nebulosa <small>Simon, 1902</small> (type) – Madagascar
• Entypesa rastellata <small>Zonstein, 2018</small> – Madagascar
• Entypesa schoutedeni <small>Benoit, 1965</small> – South Africa

Nomen dubium

• E. annulipes <small>(Strand, 1907)</small>

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