Biology:Afrilobus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Afrilobus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Afrilobus
Griswold & Platnick, 1987[1]
Type species
A. capensis
Griswold & Platnick, 1987
Species
  • Griswold & Platnick, 1987 – Malawi Griswold & Platnick, 1987 – South Africa
  • A. capensis A. australis
  • Griswold & Platnick, 1987 – South Africa A. jocquei

Afrilobus is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae, and was first described by C. E. Griswold & Norman I. Platnick in 1987.[2] (As of June 2019) it contains only three species, found only in Africa and South Africa : A. australis, A. capensis, and A. jocquei.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Afrilobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2183. Retrieved 2019-07-04. 
  2. Griswold, C. E.; Platnick, N. I. (1987). "On the first African spiders of the family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderidae)". American Museum Novitates (2892): 1–14. 

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