Jocquestus
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| Jocquestus | |
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| File:Jocquestus schenkeli 303048678 546192930.jpg | |
| female J. schenkeli | |
| File:Jocquestus schenkeli 303048678 546192537.jpg | |
| female J. schenkeli | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachelidae |
| Genus: | Jocquestus Lyle & Haddad, 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| J. schenkeli (Lessert, 1923) | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Jocquestus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & Charles R. Haddad in 2018.[2]
The genus is named after arachnologist Rudy Jocqué.
Species
[edit | edit source]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes seven species:[1]
- Jocquestus capensis Lyle & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
- Jocquestus griswoldi Lyle & Haddad, 2018 – Tanzania
- Jocquestus harrisi Lyle & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
- Jocquestus incurvus Lyle & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
- Jocquestus obliquus Lyle & Haddad, 2018 – Tanzania
- Jocquestus roeweri (Lawrence, 1938) – South Africa
- Jocquestus schenkeli (Lessert, 1923) – D.R. Congo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Angola? (type species)
References
[edit | edit source]External links
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