Afrilobus

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Afrilobus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Afrilobus
Griswold & Platnick, 1987[1]
Type species

Griswold & Platnick, 1987
Species
  • Griswold & Platnick, 1987 – South Africa
  • Griswold & Platnick, 1987 – South Africa
  • Griswold & Platnick, 1987 – Malawi

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: , , and .[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Afrilobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. 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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