Ctenolophus

Ctenolophus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Idiopidae
Genus: Ctenolophus
Purcell, 1904[1]
Type species
C. kolbei
(Purcell, 1902)
Species

6, see text

Ctenolophus is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.[2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.[3]

Species

As of June 2022 it contains 6 species, all found in South Africa:[1]

See also

References

Wikispecies has information related to Ctenolophus.
  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Ctenolophus Purcell, 1904". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  2. ^ Purcell, W. F. (1904). "Descriptions of new genera and species of South African spiders" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 15: 115–173. doi:10.1080/21560382.1904.9626437.
  3. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 138.


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