Lamottella Explained

Lamottella is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its single described species, Lamotella longipes, is found in Guinea.

Description

The male spider is about 5.5mm long. The female is not yet known.

Taxonomy

The genus is named in honor of Maxime Lamotte, an ecologist and frog specialist who initiated the early expeditions into the Nimba Mountains. The specific name longipes means "long-legged".