• Source: Lepthercus

    • Lepthercus is a genus of South African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was transferred to the Nemesiidae in 1985, then to the Entypesidae in 2020.


    Species


    As of June 2020 it contains eleven species, found in South Africa:

    Lepthercus confusus Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus dippenaarae Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus dregei Purcell, 1902 (type) – South Africa
    Lepthercus engelbrechti Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus filmeri Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus haddadi Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus kwazuluensis Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus lawrencei Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus mandelai Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
    Lepthercus rattrayi Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa
    Lepthercus sofiae Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa


    See also


    List of Entypesidae species


    References




    Further reading


    Ríos-Tamayo, D.; Lyle, R. (2020). "The South African genus Lepthercus Purcell, 1902 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae): phylogeny and taxonomy". Zootaxa. 4766 (2): 261–305. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.2. hdl:11336/142115. PMID 33056597. S2CID 216050193.
    Hewitt, J. (1917). "Descriptions of new South African Arachnida". Annals of the Natal Museum. 3: 687–711.

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