Biology:Afromarengo

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Afromarengo
GBN07-2618 Afromarengo male.jpg
Male Afromarengo sp. in Gabon
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Afromarengo
Benjamin, 2004[1]
Type species
A. coriacea
(Simon, 1900)
Species

4, see text

Afromarengo is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by S. P. Benjamin in 2004.[2] The name is derived from "Africa" and the genus Marengo. The genus Indomarengo is similarly named.

Species

(As of June 2019) it contained four species, found only in Africa:[1]

  • Afromarengo bimaculata (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
  • Afromarengo coriacea (Simon, 1900) (type) – Central, East, Southern Africa
  • Afromarengo lyrifera (Wanless, 1978) – Angola, Tanzania
  • Afromarengo plana Haddad & Wesolowska, 2013 – South Africa

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1935836 entry