Biology:Loxoptygus
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Loxoptygus Simon, 1903[1] |
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| L. ectypus (Simon, 1889)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 182: 155.
- ↑ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51973.
Wikidata ☰ Q2208077 entry
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