Afroceto Explained

Afroceto is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2010.^[1]

Species

it contains sixteen species:^[2]

• 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) (type) – East, Southern Africa
• 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

Notes and References

1. 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).. African Invertebrates. 321–384. 51. 2. 10.5733/afin.051.0206. free.
2. Gen. Afroceto Lyle & Haddad, 2010. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-18. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.