Lepthercus

Lepthercus is a genus of South African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.^[2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae,^[2] it was transferred to the Nemesiidae in 1985,^[3] then to the Entypesidae in 2020.^[4]

Lepthercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Entypesidae
Genus:	Lepthercus Purcell, 1902[1]
Type species
L. dregei Purcell, 1902
Species
11, see text

Species

As of June 2020^[update] it contains eleven species, found in South Africa:^[1]

• Lepthercus confusus Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus dippenaarae Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus dregei Purcell, 1902 (type) – South Africa
• Lepthercus engelbrechti Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus filmeri Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus haddadi Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus kwazuluensis Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus lawrencei Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus mandelai Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa
• Lepthercus rattrayi Hewitt, 1917 – South Africa
• Lepthercus sofiae Ríos-Tamayo & Lyle, 2020 – South Africa

See also

• List of Entypesidae species