Biology:Wandawe

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Short description: Genus of jumping spiders

Wandawe
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Wandawe
Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1]
Type species
Colaxes benjamini
(Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013)
Species
  • Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 Azarkina & Haddad, 2020
  • Wandawe benjamini Wandawe australis
  • (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) Wandawe tigrina

Wandawe is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by G. N. Azarkina and C. R. Haddad in 2020,[2] including one species moved from Colaxes and two newly described species.[3] The name pays tribute to Polish zoologist Wanda Wesołowska, a major contributor jumping spider research.[2] (As of April 2022) it contains only three species: W. australis, W. benjamini, and W. tigrina.[1]

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Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q104713656 entry