''Afroceto'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Africa
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n
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Trachelidae
Trachelidae is a family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders (more recently evolved spiders with inward-pointing chelicerae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a subfamily called "Tracheleae" ("Trachelinae" in modern terminology). The ...
, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2010.
Species
it contains sixteen species:
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Afroceto africana''
(Simon, 1910) – Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho
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Afroceto ansieae''
Lyle, 2015 – South Africa
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Afroceto bisulca''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto bulla''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto capensis''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto coenosa''
(Simon, 1897) – South Africa
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Afroceto corcula''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto croeseri''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto dippenaarae''
Lyle, 2015 – South Africa
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Afroceto flabella''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto gracilis''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto martini''
(Simon, 1897) (
type
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) – East, Southern Africa
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Afroceto plana''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa, Malawi
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Afroceto porrecta''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto rotunda''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
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Afroceto spicula''
Lyle & Haddad, 2010 – South Africa
References
External links
Trachelidae genera
Spiders of South Africa
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