Loxoptygus is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[3] As of March 2020 it contains two species, found in Ethiopia: L. coturnatus and L. ectypus.[1] It was removed from the synonymy of Phoneyusa, and is considered a senior synonym of Loxoptygella.[2]

Loxoptygus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Loxoptygus
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
L. ectypus
(Simon, 1889)
Species
Synonyms[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Loxoptygus Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 155.
  3. ^ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.