First record of the African wandering spider Afroneutria erythrochelis (Simon, 1877) from South Africa (Araneae: Ctenidae)
Afroneutria Polotow & Jocqué, 2015 a relatively recently established African genus and the species Afroneutria erythrochelis (Simon, 1877) has a wide distribution throughout the Afrotropical Region but still unknown from South Africa. The male was described from Landana in Angola as Phoneutria erythrochelis and the first female from Chinchoxo, Angola as Phoneutria auricularis. In the present paper the species is for the first time reported from South Africa.
Authors
- W. Uys
- P. Webb
- A.S. Dippenaar-Schoeman
Institutions
- University of Venda (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18043590
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00