Loxoptygus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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)
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Species | |
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Synonyms [1] | |
Loxoptygus is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903. [3] As of March 2020 [update] 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]