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FAM. PENESTOMIDAE Simon, 1903a: 979 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spiderfam:0113]

Last updated Dec. 9, 2010

N.B.: elevated from a subfamily of Eresidae and placed near the Zodariidae by Miller et al., 2010: 801.

In synonymy:
Wajane Lehtinen, 1967 = Penestomus Simon, 1902 (Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 6).

Gen. Penestomus Simon, 1902 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:03333]

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Wajane Lehtinen, 1967: 275, type W. armata Lehtinen, 1967 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:03336] by Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 6.

m armatus (Lehtinen, 1967)....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005900]
Wajane armata Lehtinen, 1967: 409, f. 470-471 (Dm).
P. a. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 31, f. 3D, 19A-B, 20A-C (m).

f croeseri Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005864]
P. c. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 132, f. 1, 3-5 (Df).
P. c. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 28, f. 16E-F, 18A-B (f).

mf egazini Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:043353]
P. e. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 11, f. 1A-F, 2A-F, 3B, 4A-D, 5A-F, 6A-D, 7A-F, 8A-D, 9A-B, 10A-C, 11A-B, 12A-B (Dmf).

f kruger Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:043356]
P. k. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 25, f. 16B, 17A-B (Df).

mf montanus Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010....................South Africa, Lesotho [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:043354]
P. m. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 19, f. 3A, C, 12C-D, 13A-D, 14A-C (Dmf).

f planus Simon, 1902 *....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005865]
P. p. Simon, 1902c: 241 (Df).
P. p. Lehtinen, 1967: 462, f. 469 (f).
P. p. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 133, f. 6 (f).
P. p. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 24, f. 15C, 16A (f).

f prendinii Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:043355]
P. p. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 23, f. 12E-F, 15A-B (Df).

f stilleri (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989)....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:005901]
Wajane s. Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1989a: 134, f. 2, 7-8 (Df).
P. s. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 30, f. 8E-F, 16G-I, 18C-D (f).

f zulu Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010....................South Africa [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:043357]
P. z. Miller, Griswold & Haddad, 2010: 27, f. 16C-D, 17C-D (Df).