Biology:Loxoptygus

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Loxoptygus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Loxoptygus
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
L. ectypus
(Simon, 1889)
Species
  • L. coturnatus Simon, 1903 – Ethiopia
  • L. ectypus (Simon, 1889) – Ethiopia
Synonyms[1]
  • Loxoptygella Strand, 1906[2]

Loxoptygus is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[3] (As of March 2020) it contains two species, found in Ethiopia: L. coturnatus and L. ectypus.[1] It was removed from the synonymy of Phoneyusa, and is considered a senior synonym of Loxoptygella.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). Gen. Loxoptygus Simon, 1903. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3382. Retrieved 2020-04-22. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 155. 
  3. Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51973. 

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