Afrilobus jocquei

Only males of Afrilobus jocquei are currently known. Males have a total length of 3.41 mm. The cephalothorax is yellow with black pigmentation along the margins of the eyes. The pars thoracica bears faint radial reticulations and paired dark central marks. The chelicerae, mouthparts, and sternum are yellow. The opisthosoma is white with faint purple mottling on the upper surface, broken posteriorly by white hairline chevrons, and purple coloration around the base of the spinnerets. The legs and pedipalps are yellow-white, with the femora of legs I and II being dusky at their tips. The patellae of legs I-III have posterior dark longitudinal bands. The leg formula is 4213. Males can be distinguished from those of related species A. capensis by their less elaborate pedipalps and by having the tarsal organ with more than 10 cuticular lobes. They differ from A. australis by having posterior dark longitudinal bands on patellae I-III and lacking dorsolateral apical maculations on the femora. The palpal bulb is slender with ventral concavity, and the embolus is slender and curved, with a flattened, bifurcate conductor.

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Afrilobus jocquei is known from montane regions of northern and southern Malawi, including Mount Mulanje, Lichenya plateau, Nyika Plateau, and other high-elevation localities.

The specific name jocquei is a patronym honoring R. Jocqué, the collector of the type series.