Tanzania (spider)
This article is about a spider genus. For the country in Africa, see Tanzania.
Tanzania | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Genus: | Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008[1] |
Type species | |
Lilliput mkomaziensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000[1] |
Tanzania is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Species are found in Africa.[1]
Description
These minute spiders range in body length from 1.5 to 3 mm. Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker.
Relationships
This genus is related to the genera Euophrys and Talavera.
Species
As of February 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Tanzania meridionalis Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 – South Africa
- Tanzania minutus (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania, South Africa
- Tanzania mkomaziensis (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) (type species) – Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa
- Tanzania parvulus Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
- Tanzania pusillus (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania
- Tanzania striatus Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- Wesolowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae: Salticidae). Trop. Zool. 13: 11-127. PDF
External links
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