Afroceto africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corinnoidea

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

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Trachelinae
Genus: Afroceto
Species: Afroceto africana

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. 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. Reference page.