Afrobeata

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Afrobeata

| authority = Caporiacco, 1941

| type_species = A. latithorax

| type_species_authority = Caporiacco, 1941

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| A. firma|Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen (Socotra)

| A. latithorax|Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia

| A. magnifica|Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania}}

}}

Afrobeata is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1941.{{cite journal| last=Caporiacco| first=L. di| year=1941| title=Arachnida (esc. Acarina). Araneae| journal=Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo, Reale Accademia d'Italia, Roma| pages=46–175| volume=12| author-link=Lodovico di Caporiacco}} {{as of|2022|08}} it contains only three species, found only in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and on Socotra: A. firma, A. latithorax, and A. magnifica.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Afrobeata Caporiacco, 1941| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-07-05| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2478| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}} The name is derived from "Africa" and the genus Beata.