{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Afropesa | authority = Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021<ref name=wsc /> | type_species = ''Entypesa schoutedeni'' | type_species_authority = (Benoit, 1965) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{Specieslist | A. gauteng|Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021 | A. schoutedeni|(Benoit, 1965) | A. schwendingeri|Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021 }} }}

'''''Afropesa''''' is a genus of southern African mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae. It was first described by S. L. Zonstein and D. Ríos-Tamayo in 2021,<ref name=Zons2021 /> and its three described species are endemic to South Africa.<ref name=wsc />

The type species was originally described under the name "''Entypesa schoutedeni''.<ref name=Beno1965 />

==Species== {{as of|2025|10}}, this genus includes three species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Afropesa gauteng'' <small>Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021</small> * ''Afropesa schoutedeni'' <small>(Benoit, 1965)</small> (type species) * ''Afropesa schwendingeri'' <small>Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021</small> {{Div col end}}

==See also== * ''Entypesa''

==References== <references>

<ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5886 | title=Gen. ''Afropesa'' Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-18}}</ref> <ref name=Zons2021>{{cite journal| author-last=Zonstein| author-first=S. L.| author2-last=Ríos-Tamayo| author2-first=D.| year=2021| journal=Israel Journal of Entomology| title=''Afropesa'', a new spider genus from South Africa (Araneae: Entypesidae)| volume=51| pages=7–34| doi=10.5281/zenodo.4719052| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15818}}</ref> <ref name=Beno1965>{{cite journal| author-last=Benoit| author-first=P. L. G.| year=1965| journal=Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines| title=Etudes sur les Dipluridae africains. Le genre ''Entypesa'' Simon (Araneae - Orthognatha)| trans-title=Studies on African Dipluridae. The genus '' Entypesa '' Simon (Araneae - Orthognatha) | language=French| volume=71| pages=258–263| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/3695}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{cite journal| author-last=Raven| author-first=R. J.| year=1985| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| title=The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics| volume=182| pages=1–180| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/6134}}

*{{cite journal| author-last=Raven| author-first=R. J.| year=1983| journal=Revue Zoologique Africaine| title=Notes on some mygalomorph spiders in the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (Dipluridae, Hexathelidae, Ctenizidae: Araneae)| volume=97| pages=549–562| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/5801}}

==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}

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Category:Entypesidae Category:Mygalomorphae genera Category:Spiders of South Africa

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