''Mahembea'' 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
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...
n
orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Mahembea hewitti''. It was first created by M. Grasshoff in 1970 to separate this species from its original genus, ''
Larinia''.
It has only been found in
Central and
East Africa
East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the Africa, African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the regi ...
.
References
Araneidae
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
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