Stipax

{{Short description|Extinct genus of spiders}}

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| name = Stipax

| taxon = Stipax triangulifer

| status = EX

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Gerlach, J. |date=2014 |title=Stipax triangulifer |volume=2014 |page=e.T196290A2443297 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196290A2443297.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

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| parent_authority = Simon, 1898

| authority = Simon, 1898

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Stipax is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae, with a single species, Stipax triangulifer, first described in 1898. The description was based on a male collected in 1894. No specimens have been found since and the species has been declared extinct. It was endemic to Mahe Island in the Seychelles.

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{{cite web |title=Gen. Stipax Simon, 1898 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3163 |accessdate=April 13, 2016 }}

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Category:Sparassidae

Category:Extinct arachnids

Category:Extinct invertebrates since 1500

Category:Endemic fauna of Seychelles

Category:Monotypic Araneomorphae genera

Category:Spiders of Africa