Allothele
| Allothele | |
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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: | Euagridae |
| Genus: | Allothele Tucker, 1920[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. caffer (Pocock, 1902)
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Allothele is a genus of African spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1920.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Allothele australis (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
- Allothele caffer (Pocock, 1902) (type) – South Africa
- Allothele malawi Coyle, 1984 – Malawi, South Africa
- Allothele regnardi (Benoit, 1964) – Congo, Angola
- Allothele teretis Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Allothele Tucker, 1920". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Tucker, R. W. E. (1920). "Contributions to the South African Arachnid Fauna. II. On some new South African spiders of the families Barychelidae, Dipluridae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Heracliidae, Urocteidae, Clubionidae". Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 439–488.