Afracantha

Afracantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Afracantha camerunensis. It was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1914,[2] and has only been found in Africa.[1]

Afracantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Afracantha
Dahl, 1914
Species:
A. camerunensis
Binomial name
Afracantha camerunensis
Dahl, 1914[1]

References
  1. "Gen. Afracantha Dahl, 1914". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
  2. Dahl, F. (1914). "Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7: 235–301.


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