Afropisaura

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]

Afropisaura
Scientific classification
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
  • A. ducis (Strand, 1913) – West, Central, East Africa
  • A. rothiformis (Strand, 1908) – West, Central, East Africa
  • A. valida (Simon, 1886) – West, Central Africa

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Afropisaura Blandin, 1976". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. 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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