Loxoptygus is a genus of African tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.

[3] As of March 2020[update] it contains two species, found in Ethiopia: L. coturnatus and L.

[1] It was removed from the synonymy of Phoneyusa, and is considered a senior synonym of Loxoptygella.

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