# Entypesidae

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{{Short description|Family of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = 
| image = Brachytheliscus bicolor 313768853 566656423.jpg
| image_caption = female ''[Brachytheliscus bicolor](/source/Brachytheliscus_bicolor)''
| image2 = Hermacha septemtrionalis 308934117 557420188.jpg
| image2_caption = female ''[Hermacha septemtrionalis](/source/Hermacha_septemtrionalis)''
| taxon = Entypesidae
| authority = [Bond](/source/Jason_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](/source/World_Spider_Catalog))
}}

'''''Entypesidae''''' is a family of African [mygalomorphae](/source/mygalomorphae) spiders.<ref name=wsc /> It was first erected in 2020, and originally included three genera moved from the [funnel-web trapdoor spiders](/source/Nemesiidae) (family Nemesiidae).<ref name=Opat2020 />

==Genera==
[[File:Ekapa curvipes 404667769.jpg|''[Ekapa curvipes](/source/Ekapa_curvipes)''|thumb|center]]

{{as of|2026|1}}, this family includes seven genera and 41 species:<ref name="wsc" />
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* ''[Afropesa](/source/Afropesa)'' <small>[Zonstein](/source/%3Aspecies%3ASergei_Lev_Zonstein) & Ríos-Tamayo, 2021</small> – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
* ''[Brachytheliscus](/source/Brachytheliscus)'' <small>[Pocock](/source/Reginald_Innes_Pocock), 1902</small> – South Africa
* ''[Ekapa](/source/Ekapa)'' <small>Ríos-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023</small> – South Africa
* ''[Entypesa](/source/Entypesa)'' <small>[Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1902</small> – [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)
* ''[Hermacha](/source/Hermacha)'' <small>Simon, 1889</small> – [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), South Africa, [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Colombia](/source/Colombia)
* ''[Hermachola](/source/Hermachola)'' <small>[Hewitt](/source/John_Hewitt_(herpetologist)), 1915</small> – South Africa
* ''[Lepthercus](/source/Lepthercus)'' <small>[Purcell](/source/William_Frederick_Purcell), 1902</small> – South Africa
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==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}}

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Category:Entypesidae
Category:Mygalomorphae families

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