Ekapa

Ekapa is a South African monotypic genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae, containing the single species Ekapa curvipes.^[2]

Ekapa
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Entypesidae
Genus:	Ekapa Ríos-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023[1]
Species:	E. curvipes
Binomial name
Ekapa curvipes (Purcell, 1902)[2]
Synonyms
Hermacha curvipes Purcell, 1902 Hermacha nigra Tucker, 1917 Damarchodes purcelli Bonnet, 1956

Distribution

Ekapa curvipes is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa.^[2]

Etymology

Ekapa is the Xhosa name for Cape Town.^[1]

Description

Ekapa can be distinguished from all other related genera in the family Entypesidae by the presence of a retroventral projection in the male palpal tibia.^[1]