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2010.07.11
18th International Congress of Arachnology
2008.12.17
Michael Saaristo commemorative issue

AFRAS


The AFRICAN ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY (AFRAS) is a scientific society devoted to the study of spiders, scorpions and other arachnids in Africa. It was initiated in 1986 in Pretoria and was first called "The Research Group for the Study of African Arachnida". At the 5th African Arachnological Colloquium (November 1996), the name was changed to the African Arachnological Society.

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Wafer-lid trapdoor spiders (Cyrtaucheniidae: Ancylotrypa) are a group of conservation importance in southern Africa, but the genus urgently needs to be revised. Ancylotrypa
2009.03.11
18th International Congress of Arachnology
2009.01.28
Photographic guides to genera