''Aneplasa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
n
ground spiders that was first described by R. W. E. Tucker in 1923,
but might actually be a
junior synonym of ''
Nomisia''.
Species
it contains eight species found in South Africa, East Africa, or Angola:
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Aneplasa balnearia''
Tucker, 1923 (
type) – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa borlei''
Lessert, 1933 – Angola
*''
Aneplasa facies''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa interrogationis''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa nigra''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa primaris''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa sculpturata''
Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
*''
Aneplasa strandi''
Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gnaphosidae
Spiders of Africa
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