| Tapinothele | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Tapinothele Simon, 1898 |
| Species: | T. astuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Tapinothele astuta Simon, 1898 | |
Tapinothele is a monotypic genus of nursery web spiders containing the single species, Tapinothele astuta. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898, and is only found on the Zanzibar Archipelago.