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Afromygale

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Afromygale
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Pycnothelidae
Genus: Afromygale
Zonstein, 2020[1]
Type species
A. rukanga
Zonstein, 2020
Species
  • Afromygale pinnipalpis Zonstein, 2020
  • Afromygale rukanga Zonstein, 2020

Afromygale is a small genus of east African mygalomorph spiders in the family Pycnothelidae. It was first described by S. L. Zonstein in 2020.[2] As of March 2022 it contains only two species: A. pinnipalpis and A. rukanga.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Afromygale Zonstein, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  2. ^ Zonstein, S. L. (2020). "On Afromygale, a new mygalomorph spider genus from East Africa (Araneae: Pycnothelidae)". Israel Journal of Entomology. 50 (1): 131–146. doi:10.5281/zenodo.4392942.