Afrotrix

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Afrotrix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Subfamily: Ageleninae
Genus: Afrotrix
Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 [1]
Type species
A. spicula
Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026
Species

10, see text

Afrotrix is a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. [2]

Nine species of Afrotrix are endemic to South Africa, with one species, A. deserticola, also occurring in Namibia and Botswana. [2]

As of January 2026, this genus includes ten species: [2]

References

  1. Haddad, C. R.; Zamani, A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2026). "West Side Story: systematics of funnel-weavers (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) from arid western South Africa, with two new genera and 16 new species". Zootaxa. 5748: 301–353. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.1.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Afrotrix Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 26 January 2026.