Tetragonophthalma is a monotypic genus of Central African nursery web spiders containing the single species, Tetragonophthalma vulpina. It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1878,[2] and is only found in Africa.[1]

Tetragonophthalma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Tetragonophthalma
Karsch, 1878[1]
Species:
T. vulpina
Binomial name
Tetragonophthalma vulpina
(Simon, 1898)

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Tetragonophthalma Karsch, 1878". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Exotisch-araneologisches". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 51: 771–826.