Afrarchaea

Afrarchaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Archaeidae
Genus:	Afrarchaea Platnick^[1]
Type species
Afrarchaea godfreyi
Species
14, see text

Afrarchaea is a genus of spiders in the Archaeidae family. It was first described in 1984 by Forster & Platnick. As of 2017, it contains 14 species, all from South Africa and/or Madagascar.^[1]

Species

Afrarchaea comprises the following species:^[1]

Afrarchaea ansieae Lotz, 2015
Afrarchaea bergae Lotz, 1996
Afrarchaea entabeniensis Lotz, 2003
Afrarchaea fernkloofensis Lotz, 1996
Afrarchaea fisheri Lotz, 2003
Afrarchaea godfreyi (Hewitt, 1919)
Afrarchaea haddadi Lotz, 2006
Afrarchaea harveyi Lotz, 2003
Afrarchaea kranskopensis Lotz, 1996
Afrarchaea lawrencei Lotz, 1996
Afrarchaea mahariraensis Lotz, 2003
Afrarchaea ngomensis Lotz, 1996
Afrarchaea royalensis Lotz, 2006
Afrarchaea woodae Lotz, 2006

References

1 2 3 "Archaeidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-16.

Extant Araneae families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida

Suborder Mesothelae
Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)

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