Ekapa

{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = Ekapa curvipes 228953547.jpg | image_caption = female | image2 = | image2_caption = | taxon = Ekapa curvipes | authority = (Purcell, 1902)<ref name="wsc" /> | synonyms = {{Species list |Hermacha curvipes|Purcell, 1902 |Hermacha nigra|Tucker, 1917 |Damarchodes purcelli|Bonnet, 1956 }} | parent_authority = Ríos-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023<ref name="riostamayo2023" /> }}

'''''Ekapa''''' is a South African monotypic genus of mygalomorph spiders in the family Entypesidae, containing the single species '''''Ekapa curvipes'''''.<ref name="wsc" />

==Distribution== ''Ekapa curvipes'' is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa.<ref name="wsc" />

==Etymology== ''Ekapa'' is the Xhosa name for Cape Town.<ref name="riostamayo2023" />

==Description== ''Ekapa'' can be distinguished from all other related genera in the family Entypesidae by the presence of a retroventral projection in the male palpal tibia.<ref name="riostamayo2023" />

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6343 | title=Gen. ''Ekapa'' Ríos-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2025-10-29}}</ref> <ref name="riostamayo2023">{{cite journal | last1=Ríos-Tamayo | first1=D. | last2=Lyle | first2=R. | last3=Sole | first3=C. L. | year=2023 | title=Ekapa, a new genus of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Entypesidae) from South Africa | journal=African Invertebrates | volume=64 | issue=1 | pages=1–12 | doi=10.3897/AfrInvertebr.64.97018 | bibcode=2023AfrIn..64....1R | doi-access=free | hdl=2263/92379 | hdl-access=free }}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> }}

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

Category:Entypesidae Category:Spiders of South Africa Category:Spiders described in 2023