Afropisaura is a genus of African nursery web spiders that was first described by P. Blandin in 1976.[2] As of June 2019[update] it contains only three species, found only in Africa: A. ducis, A. rothiformis, and A. valida.[1]
| Afropisaura | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pisauridae |
| Genus: | Afropisaura Blandin, 1976[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. valida (Simon, 1886)
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See also
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edit- ^ a b "Gen. Afropisaura Blandin, 1976". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Blandin, P. (1976). "Etudes sur les Pisauridae africaines VI. Définition des genres Pisaura Simon, 1885, Pisaurellus Roewer, 1961, Afropisaura n. gen. et mise au point sur les espèces des genres Afropisaura and Pisaurellus (Araneae - Pisauridae - Pisaurinae)". Revue Zoologique Africaine. 90: 917–939.