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[update] it contains only two species: A. pinnipalpis and A. rukanga.[1]
| Afromygale | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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See also
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edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.