Penestomus
| Penestomus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Penestomidae Simon, 1903[1] |
| Genus: | Penestomus Simon, 1902[1] |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| c. 9 species | |
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[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[2]
- 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
- ^ a b "Family: Penestomidae Simon, 1903", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-10-03
- ^ "Species list for Penestomus", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2015-10-03
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