Singafrotypa

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
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Genus: Singafrotypa
Species (4): S. acanthopus – S. mandela – S. okavango – S. subinermis
Name

Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962

Type species: Singafrotypa acanthopus Simon, 1907
References

Šestáková, A.; Omelko, M.M. 2012: A new combination expands the range of the African araneid spider Singafrotypa (Araneae, Araneidae). ZooKeys 207: 79–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.207.3522 Open access. Reference page.

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names
English: Singafrotypa

Singafrotypa is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Pierre L.G. Benoit in 1962.[2]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species:[1]

Singafrotypa acanthopus (Simon, 1907) (type) – Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Congo
Singafrotypa mandela Kuntner & Hormiga, 2002 – South Africa
Singafrotypa okavango Kuntner & Hormiga, 2002 – Botswana
Singafrotypa subinermis (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia

References

"Gen. Singafrotypa Benoit, 1962". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
Benoit, P. L. G. (1962). "Les Araneidae-Nephilinae africains". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 65: 217–231.