Tanzania (spider)
Tanzania is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008.[3] They are very small spiders, with body lengths ranging from 1.5 to 3 millimetres (0.059 to 0.118 in). Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker. It is related to the Euophrys and Talavera. Three new species discovered in Tanzania by Wesolowska and Russell-Smith in 2000, and given the genus name "Lilliput" (L. mkomazienis, L. minutus and L. pusillus)[2] are now included in the genus Tanzania.
| Tanzania | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lilliput mkomaziensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000[2] | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
As of October 2022, it contains seven species, six of which are found in Africa and one in India:[1]
- Tanzania meridionalis Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 – South Africa
- Tanzania minutus (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania, South Africa
- Tanzania mkomaziensis (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) (type) – 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
- Tanzania yellapragadai Prajapati & Dudhatra, 2022 - India
References
- "Gen. Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- Wesolowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2000). "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae: Salticidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13: 11–127. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126. S2CID 85300462. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
- Koçak, A. Ö.; Kemal, M. (2008). "New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers. 139–140: 1–4.
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