Goleba is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1980.
Aelurillus mirabilis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Aelurillus that lives in Namibia. It was first described in 2006 by Wanda Wesołowska. The species is medium-sized to large, with a dark brown carapace that is between 2.6 and 3.6 mm long and a fawn abdomen that is between 2.2 and 3.3 mm long. The spider has an indistinct marking of two brown streaks on the abdomen, which is nearly invisible on the female. It is unusual in the genus for the lack of central depression and sclerotized flaps at the top of the copulatory openings in the female epigyne. This, along with the shape of the male copulatory organs with their distinctive coiled embolus, enable the spider to be differentiated from others in the genus.
Langona vitiosa is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in Namibia. The male was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2006. The female has not been identified. The spider is small with a dark brown carapace between 2.2 and 2.3 mm long and a brown-black abdomen between 1.8 and 1.9 mm. The spider has two white stripes on its carapace and a single white stripe on its abdomen, and the toothless chelicerae typical of the genus. The spider can be best distinguished by its copulatory organs, and particularly the existence of one small bump near to the sole appendage on the pedipalp tibia, which also lacks the setae that can be found on other species.
Langona mediocris is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in Zimbabwe. The male was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2000. The female has not been identified. The spider is large and brown-black with a carapace between 3 and 3.4 mm long and a abdomen between 2.7 and 3.1 mm. The carapace has two converging white stripes while the abdomen has a single stripe. The legs are orange and the pedipalps yellow. As is typical for the genus, the chelicerae are toothless. The long, thin embolus is hidden within a pocket in the cymbium and has a spiralled tip. The male differs from the similar Langona bitumorata by the single bump on its palpal bulb.
Asemonea virgea is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to the Republic of the Congo. The spider was first described in 2003 by Wanda Wesołowska and Tamás Szűts. The spider is small, with a dark yellow carapace typically 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long and an abdomen 1.8 mm (0.071 in) long. The male has a distinctive set of spines on its palpal tibia, after which it is named. It is similar to the related Asemonea cristata but differs in its species range, as the other spider is found in Burma, and its shorter femoral apophysis. The female has not been described.
Asemonea flava is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to Kenya. The spider was first defined in 2001 by Wanda Wesołowska, one of over 500 that the arachnologist described during her career. The spider is small, with a yellow carapace and abdomen each typically 2.2 mm (0.087 in) long, although the abdomen is narrower and lighter. The female has spines on its palpal tibia and a distinctive epigyne that with a complex internal structure with helical receptacles. The male has not been described.
Asemonea cuprea is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is found in South Africa and Zambia. The spider was first defined in 2009 by Wanda Wesołowska, one of over 500 that the arachnologist described during her career. It is small, generally yellow and lives on the leaves of short shrubs. It has an pear-shaped carapace and a narrower abdomen that each have a length between 1.5 and 1.7 mm. The male has a distinctive coloration with bright orange scales covering the clypeus and eye field and vivid orange hairs on the back half of the abdomen, which are recalled by the species name. The male also has an unusual right-angle shaped subtegulum and the female a simpler epigyne than other Asemonea species that helps identify the species.
Asemonea serrata is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to Kenya. The spider was first defined in 2001 by Wanda Wesołowska, one of over 500 that the arachnologist described during her career. The spider is small, with a yellow-orange carapace typically 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long and an yellow abdomen typically 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long. The abdomen has a black arrow-shape on it. The male is distinguished from other Asemonea species by the serrated edge on its the long and thin femoral apophysis. This is also recalled in the species name. The female has not been described.
Asemonea pallida is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to Kenya. The spider was first defined in 2001 by Wanda Wesołowska, one of over 500 that the arachnologist described during her career. The spider is small, and light, nearly white, as is reflected in the species name. It has an elongated carapace that is between 1.9 and 2.2 mm long and a broader abdomen that has a length between 3.0 and 3.1 mm. The female has a distinctive epigyne with two depressions joined by an elevated bridge. The male has not been described.
Mexcala torquata is a species of jumping spider in the genus Mexcala that lives in Guinea and Ivory Coast. It was first defined in 2009 by Wanda Wesołowska, one of over 500 that the arachnologist described during her career. The spider is medium-sized, with a dark brown carapace that is between 3.0 and 3.3 mm long and a brown abdomen between 3.0 and 3.7 mm long. It has long thin legs and serrated chelicerae. Similar to other species in the genus, it mimics ants and ant-like wasps, living alongside and preying upon them. The female has a distinctive fillet on the back of its abdomen, after which the species is named. However, it can be most easily distinguished from other spiders in the genus by its relatively small copulatory organs, specifically its very small epigyne, seminal ducts and embolus.
Langona hirsuta is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in South Africa. It was first described in 2011 by Charles Haddad and Wanda Wesołowska. The spider is large with a carapace between 2 and 3.7 mm long and a abdomen between 1.9 and 4.4 mm long. The female is significantly larger than the male, particularly in the abdomen, which is also wider and a lighter brown. The male has very hairy pedipalps, after which it is named. It has the toothless chelicerae typical of the genus, and a single appendage, or apophysis, on the palpal tibia. The length of the apophysis helps to distinguish it from other spiders in the genus. It lives in semi-arid climates.
Pseudicius maculatus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Pseudicius that lives in Lesotho and South Africa. The spider was first defined in 2011 by Charles Haddad and Wanda Wesołowska. The spider is small, with a carapace and abdomen each that measure between 2.5 and 2.7 mm long. The carapace is chocolate-brown and covered in white hairs. The abdomen has a pattern of white patches which are more distinctive on the female. These give the species its name. It also has a characteristic longer and stouter foreleg. The species is similar to the related Pseudicius africanus, apart from the pattern on the abdomen. It also differs in its copulatory organs, particularly the sioting of the copulatory openings on the female epigyne and the shorter male embolus.
Langona improcera is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in Tanzania. The male was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith in 2000. The female has not been identified. The spider is large with a carapace between 2.2 and 2.4 mm long and an abdomen that is between 2.1 and 2.3 mm in length. There are traces of stripes on the reddish-brown carapace. The abdomen has a distinctive scutum that distinguishes it from related species. The palpal bulb is also unusually narrow and has a long lobe at the base which can also be used to tell the spider apart from others in the genus.
Asemonea clara is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to South Africa. The spider was first defined in 2013 by Wanda Wesołowska and Charles Haddad. The spider is small, with a cephalothorax that is between 1.9 and 2.2 mm long and an abdomen that is between 2.2 and 2.4 mm long. The white carapace is pear-shaped and the abdomen is white apart from two dark lines across the front, a small round dot in the middle and a black dot towards the back. The male has not been described.
Asemonea amatola is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to South Africa. It lives in trees in mountain ranges. The spider was first defined in 2013 by Wanda Wesołowska and Charles Haddad. The spider is small, with a white or whitish-yellow pear-shaped carapace between 2.0 and 2.6 mm long and an abdomen between 2.4 and 2.8 mm long that has a pattern of dark dots on an otherwise light surface. The copulatory organs are distinctive. The female has spines on its pedipalps and a large epigyne with two large shallow depressions. The male is larger than the female and has a distinctive pedipalp with a three-armed apophysis on the femur and three apophyses on the tibia.
Asemonea tanikawai is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to Japan. It lives in trees in mountain ranges. The spider was first described in 1996 by Hiroyoshi Ikeda. The spider is small, with a carapace [prosoma that between 1.31 and 1.60 mm long and an abdomen is between 1.84 and 2.24 mm long. It is whitish-yellow with a pattern of two brown stripes down the back of the carapace and nine black dots on the back of the abdomen. The male has a distinctive pedipalp with a complex tibial apophysis and a furrow alongside the femoral apophysis, which distinguishes it from the otherwise similar Asemonea maculata and Asemonea pinangensis. The female is also similar, with its copulatory openings hidden in its epigyne. The spider has been found throughout Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands.
Asemonea pinangensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to Malaysia. The spider was first defined in 1980 by Fred Wanless. It is a small spider, with a carapace that is typically 1.16 mm (0.046 in) long and an abdomen typically 1.2 mm (0.047 in) long. The carapace is whitish-yellow with black markings and the abdomen black with whitish-yellow markings. The coloration, as well as the lip on its dorsal tibial apophysis, help distinguish the species from the otherwise similar Asemonea maculata, Asemonea minuta and Asemonea tanikawai. The female has not been described.
Padilla wandae is a species of jumping spider in the genus Padilla that lives in Madagascar. The species was first described in 2020 by Galina Azarkina and Charles Haddad. It is a medium-sized spider, with a brown carapace that is between 1.55 and 1.75 mm long, and a yellow abdomen that has a length of between 1.9 and 2.55 mm. The female is larger than the male. Although generally they have similar overall colouring and a single stripe on the carapace of both sexes, the female has one stripe on the abdomen and the male has two. The male palpal bulb has a hump in the middle and a coiled embolus. The female has an epigyne atrium that is longer than it is wide. The spider is similar to the related Padilla cornuta, but differs in lacking the chelicerae horns of the other species.
Asemonea murphyae is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that lives in Kenya and South Africa. First defined in 1980 by Fred Wanless, the spider is named after the British arachnologist Frances M. Murphy. Asemonea murphyae thrives in a wide range of environments, particularly by the side of rivers, streams and tracks. A small spider, with a carapace that is between 1.48 and 2.00 mm long and an abdomen between 2.4 mm long, it is generally yellow with a green tint that enables it to blend into its environment. The female is smaller than the male. The species can be distinguished from other spiders in the same genus by the design of the female's epigyne and the male pedipalp, particularly the male's forked spike on the palpal tibia.
Asemonea stella is a species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that lives in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, and has been introduced to Australia. It thrives in a wide range of environments, from open farmland to semi-aquatic vegetation. The spider was first defined in 1980 by Fred Wanless. The spider is small, between 3.1 and 3.64 mm long, the female being generally larger than the male. It has a carapace that is pear-shaped and either yellow in the case of the male or green in the case of the female, measuring between 1.28 and 1.46 mm in length.The abdomen is whiter, between 1.28 and 1.46 mm long and has a distinctive star-shaped pattern on the back. Its copulatory organs help differentiate the species, particularly the furrow on the femoral apophysis of the male palpal bulb and the shallow depression in the middle of the female epigyne.
