Afrobeata

Afrobeata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Afrobeata; Caporiacco, 1941
Type species
	A. latithorax; Caporiacco, 1941
Species
	A. firma Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen (Socotra) ; A. latithorax Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia ; A. magnifica Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania;

Afrobeata is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1941.^[2] As of June 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found only in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and on Socotra: A. firma, A. latithorax, and A. magnifica.^[1] The name is derived from "Africa" and the genus Beata.

References

^ ^a ^b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Afrobeata Caporiacco, 1941". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
^ Caporiacco, L. di (1941). "Arachnida (esc. Acarina). Araneae". Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo, Reale Accademia d'Italia, Roma. 12: 46–175.

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