Afromarengo is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by S. P. Benjamin in 2004.[2] The name is derived from "Africa" and the genus Marengo. The genus Indomarengo is similarly named.

Afromarengo
Male Afromarengo sp. in Gabon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Afromarengo
Benjamin, 2004[1]
Type species
A. coriacea
(Simon, 1900)
Species

4, see text

Species

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As of June 2019 it contained four species, found only in Africa:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Afromarengo Benjamin, 2004". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Benjamin, S. P. (2004). "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic hypothesis for the jumping spider subfamily Ballinae (Araneae, Salticidae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 142: 1–82. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00123.x.