Afrolathys madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Dictynoidea
Genus: Lathyidae
Genus: Afrolathys
Species: Afrolathys madagascariensis

Name

Afrolathys madagascariensis Al-Jamal & Cala-Riquelme in Montana et al., 2025: 54

Type locality: Madagascar, Antsiranana Prov., Reserve Speciale d’Ambre, 3.5 km 235°SW Sakaramy, 12º28′8′′S, 49º14′32′′E, Elev. 325m.

Holotype: CAS. male ♂. 26-31.I.2001. legit B.L. Fisher, C. Griswold, et al. CASENT9006800.

References

Primary references

• Montana, K.O., Cala-Riquelme, F., Crews, S.C., Gorneau, J.A., Al-Jamal, A.M., Alequín, L.D., Spagna, J.C., Ballarin, F. & Esposito, L.A. 2025. Tailor’s drawer no more: a reappraisal of the spider family Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 sensu lato. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 204(2): zlaf007. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf007. . Reference page.