title: Description of a new species of the Afrotropical spider genusAfroneutria(Araneae, Ctenidae).
abstract: A species of the Afrotropical spider genus Afroneutria is newly described. Afroneutria tanga sp. nov is endemic to Tanzania, southeast Africa, and can be distinguished from the remaining species of the genus by the retrolateral excavation of the embolus. An identification key for all Afroneutria species is presented.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Butantan, Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, Butantã, São Paulo, CEP 05503-000, Brazil.. danielepolotow@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Polotow
authors.forename: Rudy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jocqué
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013112:Spiders / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D013636:Tanzania
keywords: Araneae, Arachnida, taxonomy, systematics, Tanzania