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Genus of spiders
Schenkelia is a genus of African jumping spiders, first described by Roger de Lessert in 1927.[2]
The genus is named after Swiss arachnologist Ehrenfried Schenkel-Haas.
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes four species:[1]
- Schenkelia benoiti Wanless & Clark, 1975 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Schenkelia ibadanensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Schenkelia lesserti Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- Schenkelia modesta Lessert, 1927 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa (type species)
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“Gen. Schenkelia Lessert, 1927″. World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ^ Lessert, R. de (1927). “Araignées du Congo (Premiere partie)”. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 34: 405–475. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117612.
