Biology:Afraflacilla elegans

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Short description: Species of spider

Afraflacilla elegans
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Afraflacilla
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Afraflacilla elegans
(Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008)[1] Prószyński, 2017[2]

Afraflacilla elegans is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Both the female and the male were first described in 2008, but the species initially placed in the genus Pseudicius, being moved to Afraflacilla in 2017.[3]

References

  1. Wesołowska, W.; Cumming, M. S. (2008). "Taxonomy and natural history of a species rich assemblage of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae); a long-term study of a suburban site in Zimbabw". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 58: 167-230. 
  2. Prószyński, J. (2017). "Pragmatic classification of the World's Salticidae (Araneae)". Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. 
  3. World Spider Catalog (2022). "Afraflacilla elegans (Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008)". Natural History Museum. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/32225/Afraflacilla_elegans. Retrieved 16 April 2022. 

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