Kikongo (spider)

For the language called Kikongo, see Kongo language.

Kikongo is a genus of sub-Saharan African ground spiders first described by B. V. B. Rodrigues and C. A. Rheims in 2020.^[2] As of December 2021^[update] it contains only three species: K. buta, K. rutshuru, and K. ruwenzori.^[1]

Kikongo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Kikongo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020[1]
Type species
K. ruwenzori Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020
Species
Kikongo buta Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 Kikongo rutshuru Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 Kikongo ruwenzori Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020

See also

• List of Gnaphosidae species