Tanzania (spider) explained
Tanzania is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008.[1] They are very small spiders, with body lengths ranging from 1.5to. 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) are now included in the genus Tanzania.
Species
As of October 2022, it contains seven species, six of which are found in Africa and one in India:[2]
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- 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. 1–4. 139-140.
- Gen. Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-26. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
