Afrophantes is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae.
Distribution Afrophantes is distributed across East Africa.
Habitat Spiders of this genus are generally found in mountainous forests, where they prefer humid areas, such as leaf litter or mosses.
Etymology The genus name is a combination of "Africa" (referring to the Afrotropics), and Lepthyphantes, where several species were grouped previously.
Taxonomy This genus is a member of the subfamily Micronetinae, and seems to be most similar to Mughiphantes Saaristo et Tanasevitch, 1999.
Species , this genus includes thirteen species:
Afrophantes acuminifrons (Bosmans, 1978) – Ethiopia Afrophantes biseriatus (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Kenya A. b. infans (Simon & Fage, 1922) – Kenya Afrophantes bituberculatus (Bosmans, 1978) – Ethiopia Afrophantes bryocola (Tanasevitch, 2025) – Ethiopia Afrophantes chilalo (Tanasevitch, 2025) – Ethiopia Afrophantes coomansi (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya Afrophantes kekenboschi (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya Afrophantes kenyensis (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya Afrophantes legatus (Tanasevitch, 2025) – Ethiopia Afrophantes maesi (Bosmans, 1986) – Cameroon Afrophantes obtusicornis (Bosmans, 1979) – Kenya Afrophantes tropicalis (Tullgren, 1910) – Tanzania Afrophantes tullgreni (Bosmans, 1978) – Tanzania
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