Jocquestus
Jocquestus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2018.[2]
| Jocquestus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachelidae |
| Genus: | Jocquestus Lyle & Haddad, 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| J. schenkeli (Lessert, 1923) | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019 it contains seven species:[1]
- Jocquestus capensis Lyle & Haddad, 2018 — South Africa
- Jocquestus griswoldi Lyle & Haddad, 2018 — Tanzania
- Jocquestus harrisi Lyle & Haddad, 2018 — South Africa
- Jocquestus incurvus Lyle & Haddad, 2018 — South Africa
- Jocquestus obliquus Lyle & Haddad, 2018 — Tanzania
- Jocquestus roeweri (Lawrence, 1938) — South Africa
- Jocquestus schenkeli (Lessert, 1923) — D.R. Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Angola?
References
- "Gen. Jocquestus Lyle & Haddad, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- Lyle, R.; Haddad, C. R. (2018). "Jocquestus, a new genus of trachelid sac spiders from the Afrotropical Region (Arachnida: Araneae)". Zootaxa. 4471 (2): 309–333. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.4. PMID 30313406.
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