Tanzania (spider)

This article is about a spider genus. For the country in Africa, see Tanzania.
Tanzania
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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-26.

External links

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