Lepthercus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Entypesidae |
Genus: | Lepthercus Purcell, 1902[1] |
Type species | |
L. dregei Purcell, 1902
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Species | |
11, see text |
Lepthercus is a genus of South African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.[2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae,[2] it was transferred to the Nemesiidae in 1985,[3] then to the Entypesidae in 2020.[4]
NMBE
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).