Afrolathys tanzanica

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 tanzanica

Name

Afrolathys tanzanica Cala-Riquelme, Al-Jamal, Esposito in Montana et al., 2025: 49

Type locality: Tanzania, Tanga Prov., E Usambara Mtns., Amani Nature Reserve, 55°5′42′′S, 38°37′59.99′′E, Elev. 950 m.

Holotype: CAS. male ♂. 27.X.-09.XI.1995. legit C.E. Griswold, N. Scharff, D. Ubick. CASENT9118703.

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.