Entypesidae

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Entypesidae
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female Brachytheliscus bicolor
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female Hermacha septemtrionalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Entypesidae
Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020
Diversity [1]
7 genera, c. 40 species

Entypesidae is a family of African mygalomorphae spiders. [1] It was first described in 2020, and includes three genera moved from the funnel-web trapdoor spiders (family Nemesiidae). [2]

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Genera

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Ekapa curvipes

As of October 2025, this family includes seven genera: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Family: Entypesidae Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  2. Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701–702. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syz064 . PMID   31841157.