Mahembea

Mahembea is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Mahembea hewitti. It was first created by M. Grasshoff in 1970 to separate this species from its original genus, Larinia.^[3] It has only been found in Central and East Africa.^[1]

Mahembea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Mahembea Grasshoff, 1970[1]
Species:	M. hewitti
Binomial name
Mahembea hewitti (Lessert, 1930)
Synonyms
Larinia hewittii Lessert, 1930[2]