Genus of spiders
Penestomus genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Penestomidae , and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[ 3] Eresidae , but was elevated to its own family in 2010. It is now considered closer to Zodariidae .
Species
As of June 2019[update] Lesotho and South Africa :[ 1]
Penestomus armatus (Lehtinen , 1967) – South AfricaPenestomus croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 – South AfricaPenestomus egazini Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South AfricaPenestomus kruger Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South AfricaPenestomus montanus Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa, LesothoPenestomus planus Simon, 1902 (type ) – South AfricaPenestomus prendinii Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South AfricaPenestomus stilleri (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989) – South AfricaPenestomus zulu Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
See also
References
^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Penestomus Simon, 1902" . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0 . Natural History Museum Bern. doi :10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04 . ^ Miller, J. A.; Griswold, C. E.; Haddad, C. R. (2010). "Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae)" (PDF) . Zootaxa . 2534 : 6. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.1 . ^ Simon, E. (1902). "Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux de la section de Cribellatés" . Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France . 1902 : 240–243. doi :10.5962/bhl.part.19237
