Biology:Afrobeata

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Afrobeata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Afrobeata
Caporiacco, 1941[1]
Type species
A. latithorax
Caporiacco, 1941
Species
  • Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen (Socotra)
  • A. latithorax A. firma
  • Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia A. magnifica

Afrobeata is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1941.[2] (As of August 2022) it contains only three species, found only in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and on Socotra: A. firma, A. latithorax, and A. magnifica.[1] The name is derived from "Africa" and the genus Beata.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Afrobeata Caporiacco, 1941. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2478. Retrieved 2019-07-05. 
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1941). "Arachnida (esc. Acarina). Araneae". Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo, Reale Accademia d'Italia, Roma 12: 46–175. 

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