World Spider Catalog

Penestomidae Simon, 1903

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated from a subfamily of Eresidae and placed near the Zodariidae by Miller et al., 2010: 801; action doubted by Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix.

In synonymy:

Wajane Lehtinen, 1967 = Penestomus Simon, 1902 (Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 6)

Gen. Penestomus Simon, 1902 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03333

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Wajane Lehtinen, 1967: 275 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03336] (type W. armata Lehtinen, 1967) by Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 6.

Penestomus armatus (Lehtinen, 1967) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005900

Wajane armata Lehtinen, 1967: 409, f. 470-471 (Dm) Original description

Penestomus armatus Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 31, f. 3D, 19A-B, 20A-C (m)

Penestomus armata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 6, 4 f. (m)

Penestomus croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005864

Penestomus croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 132, f. 1, 3-5 (Df) Original description

Penestomus croeseri Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 28, f. 16E-F, 18A-B (f)

Penestomus croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 7, 3 f. (f)

Penestomus egazini Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043353

Penestomus egazini Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 11, f. 1A-F, 2A-F, 3B, 4A-D, 5A-F, 6A-D, 7A-F, 8A-D, 9A-B, 10A-C, 11A-B, 12A-B (Dmf) Original description

Penestomus egazini Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 8, p. 5: 1 f., p. 8: 6 f. (mf)

Penestomus kruger Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043356

Penestomus kruger Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 25, f. 16B, 17A-B (Df) Original description

Penestomus kruger Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 9, 3 f. (f)

Penestomus montanus Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 | | South Africa, Lesotho urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043354

Penestomus montanus Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 19, f. 3A, C, 12C-D, 13A-D, 14A-C (Dmf) Original description

Penestomus montanus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 10, 7 f. (mf)

Penestomus planus Simon, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005865

Penestomus planus Simon, 1902c: 241 (Df) Original description

Penestomus planus Lehtinen, 1967: 462, f. 469 (f)

Penestomus planus Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 133, f. 6 (f)

Penestomus planus Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 24, f. 15C, 16A (f)

Penestomus planus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 11, 2 f. (f)

Penestomus prendinii Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043355

Penestomus prendinii Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 23, f. 12E-F, 15A-B (Df) Original description

Penestomus prendinii Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 12, 3 f. (f)

Penestomus stilleri (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005901

Wajane stilleri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 134, f. 2, 7-8 (Df) Original description

Penestomus stilleri Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 30, f. 8E-F, 16G-I, 18C-D (f)

Penestomus stilleri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 13, 4 f. (f)

Penestomus zulu Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043357

Penestomus zulu Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 27, f. 16C-D, 17C-D (Df) Original description

Penestomus zulu Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021s: 14, 3 f. (f)