Afromarengo Explained

Afromarengo is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by S. P. Benjamin in 2004.^[1] The name is derived from "Africa" and the genus Marengo. The genus Indomarengo is similarly named.

Species

it contained four species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Afromarengo bimaculata (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
• Afromarengo coriacea (Simon, 1900) (type) – Central, East, Southern Africa
• Afromarengo lyrifera (Wanless, 1978) – Angola, Tanzania
• Afromarengo plana Haddad & Wesolowska, 2013 – South Africa

Notes and References

1. Benjamin. S. P.. 2004. Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic hypothesis for the jumping spider subfamily Ballinae (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1–82. 142. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00123.x.
2. Gen. Afromarengo Benjamin, 2004. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.