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| Afroceto | |
|---|---|
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| female A. martini | |
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| A. africana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachelidae |
| Genus: | Afroceto Lyle & Haddad, 2010[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. martini (Simon, 1897) | |
| Species | |
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16, see text | |
Afroceto is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & Charles R. Haddad in 2010.[2]
female A. martini
female A. martini
female A. martini
A. plana
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes sixteen species:[1]
- Afroceto africana (Simon, 1910) – Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho
- Afroceto ansieae Lyle, 2015 – South Africa
- Afroceto bisulca Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto bulla Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto capensis Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto coenosa (Simon, 1897) – South Africa
- Afroceto corcula Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto croeseri Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto dippenaarae Lyle, 2015 – South Africa
- Afroceto flabella Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto gracilis Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto martini (Simon, 1897) – East, Southern Africa (type species)
- Afroceto plana Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa, Malawi
- Afroceto porrecta Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto rotunda Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
- Afroceto spicula Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Afroceto Lyle & Haddad, 2010". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
- ↑ Lyle, R.; Haddad, C. R. (2010). "A revision of the tracheline sac spider genus Cetonana Strand, 1929 in the Afrotropical region, with descriptions of two new genera (Araneae: Corinnidae)" (PDF). African Invertebrates. 51 (2): 321–384. Bibcode:2010AfrIn..51..321L. doi:10.5733/afin.051.0206.
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