Allothele
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Allothele
| type_species = A. caffer
| type_species_authority = (Pocock, 1902)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 5, see text
}}
Allothele is a genus of African spiders in the family Euagridae. It was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1920.{{cite journal| last=Tucker| first=R. W. E.| year=1920| title=Contributions to the South African Arachnid Fauna. II. On some new South African spiders of the families Barychelidae, Dipluridae, Eresidae, Zodariidae, Heracliidae, Urocteidae, Clubionidae.| journal=Annals of the South African Museum| pages=439–488| volume=17}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains five species:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Allothele Tucker, 1920| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-06-01| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/798| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Allothele australis (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
- Allothele caffer (Pocock, 1902) (type) – South Africa
- Allothele malawi Coyle, 1984 – Malawi, South Africa
- Allothele regnardi (Benoit, 1964) – Congo, Angola
- Allothele teretis Tucker, 1920 – South Africa
References
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