| Entypesidae | |
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| female Brachytheliscus bicolor | |
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| female Hermacha septemtrionalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Entypesidae Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020 |
| Diversity1 | |
| 7 genera, 41 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Entypesidae is a family of African mygalomorphae spiders.1 It was first erected in 2020, and originally included three genera moved from the funnel-web trapdoor spiders (family Nemesiidae).2
Genera
As of January 2026, this family includes seven genera and 41 species:1
- Afropesa Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021 – South Africa
- Brachytheliscus Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
- Ekapa Ríos-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023 – South Africa
- Entypesa Simon, 1902 – Madagascar
- Hermacha Simon, 1889 – Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Colombia
- Hermachola Hewitt, 1915 – South Africa
- Lepthercus Purcell, 1902 – South Africa
References
References
- "Family Entypesidae Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- Opatova, V.; et al. (2020). "Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data". Systematic Biology. 69 (4): 701–702. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz064. PMID 31841157.