| Jocquestus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachelidae |
| Genus: | Jocquestus Lyle & Haddad, 2018 [1] |
| Type species | |
| J. schenkeli (Lessert, 1923) | |
| Species | |
7, see text | |
Jocquestus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2018. [2]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains seven species: [1]
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