Biology:Mushimane
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Mushimane is a South African monotypic genus of spiders in the family Trachelidae containing the single species, Mushimane tswibilinki.[1]
Description
Adults are only about 1.8 mm in body length.[2]
Etymology
The genus name is a Swahili word for "little man", indicating this being possibly the smallest species of the family. "tswibilinki" indicates a man with a small penis in the Sesotho language, in reference to the short embolus in males of this species.[2]
References
- ↑ "Gen. Mushimane Haddad, 2025". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A06236. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Haddad, C. R. (2025). "And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae)". African Invertebrates 66 (1): 19–64. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.66.139299. Bibcode: 2025AfrIn..66...19H.
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