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| Afrotrix | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Subfamily: | Ageleninae |
| Genus: | Afrotrix Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. spicula Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | |
| Species | |
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Afrotrix is a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae.[2]
Nine species of Afrotrix are endemic to South Africa, with one species, A. deserticola, also occurring in Namibia and Botswana.[2]
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes ten species:[2]
- Afrotrix booyseni Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix dejagerae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix deserticola (Simon, 1910) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Afrotrix goegap Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix karooica Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix lyonsae Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix reginaldi Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix sauria Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix spicula Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
- Afrotrix tankwa Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 – South Africa
References
[edit]- ↑ Haddad, C. R.; Zamani, A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2026). "West Side Story: systematics of funnel-weavers (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) from arid western South Africa, with two new genera and 16 new species". Zootaxa. 5748: 301–353. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.1.
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Afrotrix Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
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