Tapinothele is a monotypic genus of nursery web spiders containing the single species, Tapinothele astuta. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898,[2] and is only found on the Zanzibar Archipelago.[1]

Tapinothele
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Tapinothele
Simon, 1898[1]
Species:
T. astuta
Binomial name
Tapinothele astuta
Simon, 1898

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Tapinothele Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.