''Afrarchaea'' is a

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n assassin spiders first described by

Raymond Robert Forster Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...

& Norman I. Platnick in 1984.

Species

it contains fourteen species, all found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Africa *'' Afrarchaea bergae'' Lotz, 1996 – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea cornuta ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Afric ...

'' (Lotz, 2003) – South Africa *'' Afrarchaea entabeniensis'' Lotz, 2003 – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea fernkloofensis ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Afric ...

'' Lotz, 1996 – South Africa *'' Afrarchaea godfreyi'' (Hewitt, 1919) ( type) – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea haddadi ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Afric ...

'' Lotz, 2006 – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea harveyi ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Afric ...

'' Lotz, 2003 – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea kranskopensis ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Afric ...

'' Lotz, 1996 – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea lawrencei ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Afric ...

'' Lotz, 1996 – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea neethlingi ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of Sou ...

'' Lotz, 2017 – South Africa *'' Afrarchaea ngomensis'' Lotz, 1996 – South Africa *''

Afrarchaea royalensis ''Afrarchaea'' is a genus of African assassin spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Norman I. Platnick in 1984. Species it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa: *'' Afrarchaea ansieae'' Lotz, 2015 – South Afric ...

'' Lotz, 2006 – South Africa *'' Afrarchaea woodae'' Lotz, 2006 – South Africa

References

Endemic fauna of South Africa Araneomorphae genera Archaeidae Spiders of Madagascar Spiders of South Africa Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster {{Archaeidae-stub