Penestomus

Penestomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Penestomidae
Simon, 1903[1]
Genus: Penestomus
Simon, 1902[1]
Species

See text.

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, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Family: Penestomidae Simon, 1903", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2015-10-03
  2. "Species list for Penestomus", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2015-10-03


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