{{Short description|Family of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Brachytheliscus bicolor 313768853 566656423.jpg | image_caption = female ''Brachytheliscus bicolor'' | image2 = Hermacha septemtrionalis 308934117 557420188.jpg | image2_caption = female ''Hermacha septemtrionalis'' | taxon = Entypesidae | authority = Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020 | diversity = 7 genera, 41 species | diversity_ref = <ref name=wsc /> | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = | range_map = Entypesidae range map.svg | range_map_caption = <span style="color:blue">blue</span>: reported countries (WSC) }}
'''''Entypesidae''''' is a family of African mygalomorphae spiders.<ref name=wsc /> It was first erected in 2020, and originally included three genera moved from the funnel-web trapdoor spiders (family Nemesiidae).<ref name=Opat2020 />
==Genera== [[File:Ekapa curvipes 404667769.jpg|''Ekapa curvipes''|thumb|center]]
{{as of|2026|1}}, this family includes seven genera and 41 species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Afropesa'' <small>Zonstein & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021</small> – South Africa * ''Brachytheliscus'' <small>Pocock, 1902</small> – South Africa * ''Ekapa'' <small>Ríos-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023</small> – South Africa * ''Entypesa'' <small>Simon, 1902</small> – Madagascar * ''Hermacha'' <small>Simon, 1889</small> – Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Colombia * ''Hermachola'' <small>Hewitt, 1915</small> – South Africa * ''Lepthercus'' <small>Purcell, 1902</small> – South Africa {{Div col end}}
==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/catalog/139 | title=Family Entypesidae Bond, Opatova & Hedin, 2020 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-18}}</ref> <ref name=Opat2020>{{cite journal| last=Opatova| first=V.| display-authors=etal| year=2020| title=Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of the spider infraorder Mygalomorphae using genomic scale data| journal=Systematic Biology| volume=69| issue=4| pages=701–702| doi=10.1093/sysbio/syz064| pmid=31841157| doi-access=free}}</ref> </references>
==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}
{{Araneae}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q97012639}}
Category:Entypesidae Category:Mygalomorphae families
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