Afroceto africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dionycha 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha

Familia: Trachelidae
Genus: Afroceto
Species:

Name

Afroceto africana (Simon, 1910)

Type locality: Namibia, Lüderitzbucht.

Holotype: ZMB. female ♀. legit Schultze. ZMB 27144.

Synonymy

  • Argistes africanus Simon, 1910 (original combination)
  • Afroceto africana (Simon): Haddad, 2019: 447
  • Afroceto arca Lyle & Haddad, 2010: 339 (synonymized by Haddad, 2019: 447
    • Type locality: South Africa, Gauteng, Knoppieslaagte, 25.93ºS, 28.05ºE, pitfalls
      • Holotype: NCA. female ♀. 13.II.1980. legit D. Uys. nº. 84/605.

References

Primary references

  • Simon, E.L. 1910. Arachnoidea. Araneae (II.). In: Schultze, L. (ed.) Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 16: 175-218. Reference page. 

Additional references

  • Haddad, C.R. 2019. Transfer of the Namibian Argistes africanus Simon, 1910 (Araneae: Liocranidae) to Afroceto Lyle & Haddad, 2010 (Trachelidae), with a new synonym. Zootaxa 4571(3): 446–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.13. Open access pdf Reference page. 
  • 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 51(2): 321-384. Archive Reference page.