Ekapa curvipes

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Mygalomorphae
Superfamilia: Nemesioidea
Familia: Entypesidae
Genus: Ekapa
Species: Ekapa curvipes

Name

Ekapa curvipes (Purcell, 1902)

Type locality: Western Cape, Simonstown (Waterfall) (34.18333°S, 18.43333°E).

Syntypes: SAM. 2 males ♂♂. VII.1899. legit Purcell, W. SAM-ENW-X006011.

Synonymy

• Hermacha curvipes Purcell, 1902: 377 (original combination)
• Ekapa curvipes (Purcell): Rios-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023: 4
• Hermacha nigra Tucker, 1917: 110 (synonymized by Rios-Tamayo, Lyle & Sole, 2023: 4)
  • Type locality: Bergvliet Flats, Cape Peninsula (34.05°S, 18.45°E),
    • Syntypes: SAM. 2 females ♀♀. IX.1904. legit Purcell, W. SAM-ENW-X013899.

References

Primary references

• Purcell, W.F. 1902a. New South African trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 11: 348-382. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ríos-Tamayo, D., Lyle, R. & Sole, C.L. 2023. Ekapa, a new genus of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Entypesidae) from South Africa. African Invertebrates 64(1): 1-12. Reference page.