Afraflacilla

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Afraflacilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Tribe: Flacillulini
Genus: Afraflacilla
Berland & Millot, 1941
Diversity
17 species
Type species
Afraflacilla bamakoi
Berland & Millot
Species

see text

Afraflacilla is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most pecies are distributed in Eastern to Northern Africa (including the Middle East) and Australia, with one species (A. epiblemoides) found in Europe.

This genus was for a time included in the genus Pseudicius.

[edit] Species

  • Afraflacilla antineae (Denis, 1954) — Algeria
  • Afraflacilla asorotica (Simon, 1890) — Saudi Arabia, Israel, Yemen
  • Afraflacilla bamakoi Berland & Millot, 1941 — Sudan
  • Afraflacilla berlandi Denis, 1955 — Libya
  • Afraflacilla courti Zabka, 1993 — New Guinea
  • Afraflacilla epiblemoides (Chyzer, 1891) — Central, Eastern Europe
  • Afraflacilla grayorum Zabka, 1993 — Western Australia, Queensland
  • Afraflacilla gunbar Zabka & Gray, 2002 — New South Wales
  • Afraflacilla huntorum Zabka, 1993 — Western Australia, Victoria
  • Afraflacilla millidgei Zabka & Gray, 2002 — Western Australia
  • Afraflacilla risbeci Berland & Millot, 1941 — Senegal
  • Afraflacilla scenica Denis, 1955 — Niger
  • Afraflacilla similis Berland & Millot, 1941 — Senegal
  • Afraflacilla stridulator Zabka, 1993 — Western Australia
  • Afraflacilla vestjensi Zabka, 1993 — Northern Territory
  • Afraflacilla wadis (Prószynski, 1989) — Saudi Arabia, Israel, Yemen
  • Afraflacilla yeni Zabka, 1993 — Victoria

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

  • Zabka, M. (1993): Salticidae (Arachnida : Araneae) of the Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions. X.* Genera Afraflacilla Berland & Millot 1941 and Evarcha Simon 1902. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7(2): 279-295. doi:10.1071/IT9930279


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