Kikongo

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea

Familia: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Kikongo
Species: K. buta – K. rutshuru – K. ruwenzori
Name

Kikongo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

Type species: Kikongo ruwenzori Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

Gender: masculine
References
Primary references

Rodrigues, B.V.B. & Rheims, C.A. 2020. An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4799(1): 001–080. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1. Paywall. Reference page.

Kikongo is a genus of sub-Saharan African ground spiders first described by B. V. B. Rodrigues and C. A. Rheims in 2020.[2] As of December 2021 it contains only three species: K. buta, K. rutshuru, and K. ruwenzori.[1]
See also

List of Gnaphosidae species

References

"Gen. Kikongo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
Rodrigues, B. V. B.; Rheims, C. A. (2020). "An overview of the African genera of Prodidominae spiders: descriptions and remarks (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)". Zootaxa. 4799 (1): 1–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4799.1.1. PMID 33056686. S2CID 222823069.