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]
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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: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Loxoptygus Simon, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. ectypus (Simon, 1889)
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Loxoptygus Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 155.
- ^ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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