''Mahembea'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, ''Mahembea hewitti''. It was first created by M. Grasshoff in 1970 to separate this species from its original genus, ''

Larinia ''Larinia'' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1874. Species it contains fifty-eight species: *'' L. acuticauda'' Simon, 1906 – West Africa to Israel *'' L. ambo'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Ec ...

''. It has only been found in

Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

and

East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical ...

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Araneidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa {{Araneidae-stub