East African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of eight new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) Author Bernhard A. Huber Author Charles M. Warui text European Journal of Taxonomy 2012 2012-11-26 29 29 1 44 journal article 32671 10.5852/ejt.2012.29 3de0a260-04a8-4d36-9384-5cff3934095e 1406636 28503B8D-9B2C-484D-A7A2-B44D4DC04F6D Spermophora Hentz, 1841 Spermophora is in fact an Asian genus ( Huber 2005 ) and African representatives have tentatively been assigned to it for lack of a better hypothesis ( Huber 2003a ). Recent molecular data ( Dimitrov et al . 2012 ) suggest that at least the six Kenyan species ( Fig. 27 ) are closely related to the East African genus Buitinga . Twelve East African species are currently assigned to Spermophora .