Ctenolophus
Sign in to saveCtenolophus is a genus of South African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyIdiopidae
Ctenolophus is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de Idiopidae (Valdeurspinnen). Soorten Ctenolophus cregoei (Purcell, 1902) Ctenolophus fenoulheti Hewitt, 1913 Ctenolophus heligmomeriformis Strand, 1907 Ctenolophus kolbei (Purcell, 1902) Ctenolophus oomi Hewitt, 1913 Ctenolophus pectinipalpis (Purcell, 1903) Ctenolophus spiricola (Purcell, 1903)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 56
- Family
- Idiopidae
- Collections
- SAM, ARC-PPRI
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Southern Africa
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- endemic to
- South Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
Ctenolophus is a genus of South African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.
==Life style== Little is known about the behaviour of Ctenolophus species except for a few reports.
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