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Ctenolophus
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Ctenolophus

Ctenolophus is a genus of South African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Ctenolophus fenoulheti

speciesCtenolophus fenoulheti

Ctenolophus cregoei

speciesCtenolophus cregoei

Ctenolophus pectinipalpis

speciesCtenolophus pectinipalpis

Ctenolophus kolbei

speciesCtenolophus kolbei

Ctenolophus spiricola

speciesCtenolophus spiricola

Ctenolophus oomi

speciesCtenolophus oomi

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 421396.