Afrobeata

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Afrobeata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Afrobeata
Caporiacco, 1941[1]
Type species
A. latithorax
Caporiacco, 1941
Species

Afrobeata is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1941.[2] As of August 2022 it contains only three species, found only in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and on Socotra: A. firma, A. latithorax, and A. magnifica.[1] The name is derived from "Africa" and the genus Beata.

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