Afraflacilla is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most species are distributed in Eastern to Northern Africa (including the Middle East) and Australia, with one species (A. epiblemoides) found in Europe.

This genus was for a time included in the genus Pseudicius, and the boundaries between both genera are disputed.

Afraflacilla was first described from Australia in 1993, where they occupy tree trunks in savanna woodland and in open sclerophyll phorests.

Relationships

Afraflacilla, Pseudicius, Festucula and Marchena are close relatives and form a monophyletic group.

Name

The name is combined from Africa, where most earlier described species were found, and Flacilla Simon, 1901, an obsolete salticid genus now called Flacillula Strand, 1932. This genus name is in turn derived from Aelia Flaccilla, wife of Roman Emperor Theodosius I.

Species

Afraflacilla antineae (Denis, 1954) — Algeria
Afraflacilla asorotica (Simon, 1890) — Saudi Arabia, Israel, Yemen
Afraflacilla bamakoi Berland & Millot, 1941 — Sudan
Afraflacilla berlandi Denis, 1955 — Libya
Afraflacilla courti Zabka, 1993 — New Guinea
Afraflacilla epiblemoides (Chyzer, 1891) — Central, Eastern Europe
Afraflacilla grayorum Zabka, 1993 — Western Australia, Queensland
Afraflacilla gunbar Zabka & Gray, 2002 — New South Wales
Afraflacilla huntorum Zabka, 1993 — Western Australia, Victoria
Afraflacilla millidgei Zabka & Gray, 2002 — Western Australia
Afraflacilla risbeci Berland & Millot, 1941 — Senegal
Afraflacilla scenica Denis, 1955 — Niger
Afraflacilla similis Berland & Millot, 1941 — Senegal
Afraflacilla stridulator Zabka, 1993 — Western Australia
Afraflacilla vestjensi Zabka, 1993 — Northern Territory
Afraflacilla wadis (Prószynski, 1989) — Saudi Arabia, Israel, Yemen
Afraflacilla yeni Zabka, 1993 — Victoria

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