Colaxes benjamini

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Colaxes benjamini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Colaxes
Species:
C. benjamini
Binomial name
Colaxes benjamini
Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013

Colaxes benjamini is a jumping spider species in the genus Colaxes that was first identified in 2013. [1] It lives in South Africa. [2]

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References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Colaxes benjamini Wesolowska & Haddad, 2013". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C. R. (2013). "New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". African Invertebrates. 54 (1): 177–240. doi: 10.5733/afin.054.0111 . S2CID   59450669 . Retrieved 21 April 2017.