Biology:Afropisaura

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Afropisaura
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Afropisaura
Blandin, 1976[1]
Type species
A. valida
(Simon, 1886)
Species
  • (Simon, 1886) – West, Central Africa (Strand, 1913) – West, Central, East Africa
  • A. rothiformis A. ducis
  • (Strand, 1908) – West, Central, East Africa A. valida

Afropisaura is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1976.[2] (As of June 2019) it contains only three species, found only in Africa: A. ducis, A. rothiformis, and A. valida.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Afropisaura Blandin, 1976". Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2388. Retrieved 2019-07-05. 
  2. Blandin, P. (1976). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines VI. Définition des genres Pisaura Simon, 1885, Pisaurellus Roewer, 1961, Afropisaura n. gen. et mise au point sur les espèces des genres Afropisaura and Pisaurellus (Araneae - Pisauridae - Pisaurinae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine 90: 917–939. 

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