Afrotrichona

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Afrotrichona
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Afrotrichona
Tanasevitch, 2020[1]
Species:
A. mahnerti
Binomial name
Afrotrichona mahnerti
Tanasevitch, 2020[1]

Afrotrichona is a monotypic genus of east African sheet weavers containing the single species, Afrotrichona mahnerti. It was first described by A. V. Tanasevitch in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Kenya.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Afrotrichona Tanasevitch, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  2. ^ Tanasevitch, A. V. (2020). "Linyphiid spiders collected by V. Mahnert in Kenya, with the description of a new genus and two new species (Arachnida: Araneae)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 127 (2): 349–360. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0024. S2CID 225949156.