Afroneta

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Mynogleninae
Genus: Afroneta
Species: A. altivaga – A. annulata – A. bamilekei – A. basilewskyi – A. blesti – A. elgonensis – A. erecta – A. flavescens – A. fulva – A. fusca – A. guttata – A. immaculata – A. immaculoides – A. lativulva – A. lobeliae – A. longipalpis – A. longispinosa – A. maculata – A. millidgei – A. pallens – A. picta – A. praticola – A. sarahae – A. serrata – A. snazelli – A. subfusca – A. subfuscoides – A. tenuivulva – A. tristis
Name

Afroneta Holm, 1968

Type species: Afroneta immaculata Åke Holm, 1968
References
Primary references

Holm, Å. 1968. Spiders of the families Erigonidae and Linyphiidae from East and Central Africa. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques 171: 1–49. Reference page.

Additional references

Ledoux, J.-C.; Attie, M. 2008: A new mynogleninae from La Reunion Island and its biogeographical involvement (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Revue arachnologique, 17: 35–42.

Afroneta is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Å. Holm in 1968.[2]
Species

As of May 2019 it contains twenty-nine species:[1]

Afroneta altivaga Holm, 1968 – Congo
Afroneta annulata Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta bamilekei Bosmans, 1988 – Cameroon
Afroneta basilewskyi Holm, 1968 – Tanzania
Afroneta blesti Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996 – Ethiopia
Afroneta elgonensis Merrett, 2004 – Kenya
Afroneta erecta Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta flavescens Frick & Scharff, 2018 – Kenya
Afroneta fulva Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta fusca Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta guttata Holm, 1968 – Congo
Afroneta immaculata Holm, 1968 (type) – Congo
Afroneta immaculoides Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta lativulva Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta lobeliae Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta longipalpis Ledoux & Attié, 2008 – Réunion
Afroneta longispinosa Holm, 1968 – Congo
Afroneta maculata Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta millidgei Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996 – Ethiopia
Afroneta pallens Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta picta Holm, 1968 – Congo
Afroneta praticola Holm, 1968 – Tanzania
Afroneta sarahae Frick & Scharff, 2018 – Kenya
Afroneta serrata Frick & Scharff, 2018 – Kenya
Afroneta snazelli Merrett & Russell-Smith, 1996 – Ethiopia
Afroneta subfusca Holm, 1968 – Congo
Afroneta subfuscoides Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta tenuivulva Merrett, 2004 – Congo
Afroneta tristis Merrett, 2004 – Congo