Penestomus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Penestomus

| authority = Simon, 1902

| type_species = P. planus

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1902

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 9, see text

| synonyms =

• Wajane Lehtinen, 1967{{cite journal| last=Miller| first=J. A.| last2=Griswold| first2=C. E.| last3=Haddad| first3=C. R.| year=2010| title=Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae)| journal=Zootaxa| volume=2534| page=6| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.1| url=https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/434475/Miller_et_al_2010_Zootaxa.pdf}}

| synonyms_ref =

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Penestomus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Penestomidae, and was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1902| title=Descriptions de quelques arachnides nouveaux de la section de Cribellatés| journal=Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France| pages=240–243| volume=1902| author-link=Eugène_Simon| doi=10.5962/bhl.part.19237| doi-access=free}} The genus was formerly included in the family Eresidae, but was elevated to its own family in 2010. It is now considered closer to Zodariidae.