# Afrotrix

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}}{{Automatic taxobox
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| taxon = Afrotrix
| authority = [Haddad](/source/Charles_R._Haddad), [Zamani](/source/Alireza_Zamani) & [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik), 2026<ref name="haddad2026" />
| type_species = ''[A. spicula](/source/Afrotrix_spicula)''
| type_species_authority = Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026
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'''''Afrotrix''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [spiders](/source/spiders) in the family [Agelenidae](/source/Agelenidae).<ref name="wsc" />

Nine species of ''Afrotrix'' are [endemic](/source/endemic) to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa), with one species, ''A. deserticola'', also occurring in [Namibia](/source/Namibia) and [Botswana](/source/Botswana).<ref name="wsc" />

{{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes ten species:<ref name="wsc" />
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* ''[Afrotrix booyseni](/source/Afrotrix_booyseni)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik), 2026</small> – [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
* ''[Afrotrix dejagerae](/source/Afrotrix_dejagerae)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix deserticola](/source/Afrotrix_deserticola)'' <small>([Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1910)</small> – [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix goegap](/source/Afrotrix_goegap)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix karooica](/source/Afrotrix_karooica)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix lyonsae](/source/Afrotrix_lyonsae)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix reginaldi](/source/Afrotrix_reginaldi)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix sauria](/source/Afrotrix_sauria)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix spicula](/source/Afrotrix_spicula)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
* ''[Afrotrix tankwa](/source/Afrotrix_tankwa)'' <small>Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026</small> – South Africa
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==References==
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  <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A06452 | title=Gen. ''Afrotrix'' Haddad, Zamani & Marusik, 2026 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | accessdate=2026-01-26}}</ref>
  <ref name="haddad2026">{{cite journal | last1=Haddad | first1=C. R. | last2=Zamani | first2=A. | last3=Marusik | first3=Y. M. | year=2026 | title=West Side Story: systematics of funnel-weavers (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) from arid western South Africa, with two new genera and 16 new species | journal=Zootaxa | volume=5748 | pages=301-353 | doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5748.3.1}}</ref>
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Category:Agelenidae genera
Category:Taxa described in 2026
Category:Spiders of South Africa
Category:Agelenidae
Category:Taxa named by Charles R. Haddad
Category:Taxa named by Yuri M. Marusik

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