A Revision of the Tracheline Sac Spider Genus<i>Cetonana</i>Strand, 1929 in the Afrotropical Region, with Descriptions of Two New Genera (Araneae: Corinnidae)
Journal: African Invertebrates
Year: 2010

The dark sac spiders of the genus Cetonana Strand, 1929 (Corinnidae: Trachelinae) of the Afrotropical Region are revised. Following a detailed comparison of the somatic and genitalic morphology of the Afrotropical C. martini (Simon, 1897) with the European type species, C. laticeps (Canestrini, 1868), Afroceto gen. n. is established to include the transfer of two Afrotropical species previously described in Cetonana, namely A. martini (Simon, 1897) comb. n. (type species) and A. coenosa (Simon,