Azanialobus

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Azanialobus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Azanialobus
Griswold & Platnick, 1987 [1]
Species:
A. lawrencei
Binomial name
Azanialobus lawrencei
Griswold & Platnick, 1987

Azanialobus is a monotypic genus of South African araneomorph spiders in the family Orsolobidae containing the single species, Azanialobus lawrencei. It was first described by C. E. Griswold & Norman I. Platnick in 1987, [2] and is only found in South Africa. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Azanialobus Griswold & Platnick, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-04.
  2. Griswold, C. E.; Platnick, N. I. (1987). "On the first African spiders of the family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderidae)". American Museum Novitates. 2892: 1–14.