Afraflacilla is a genus of the spider family Salticidae. Most species are distributed in Eastern to Northern Africa and Australia, with two species found in Europe. This genus was for a time included in the genus Pseudicius, and the boundaries between both genera are disputed. In 2016 Jerzy Prószyński erected the genus Psenuc for some borderline species. The name Afraflacilla is combined from Africa, where most earlier described species were found, and FlacillaSimon, 1901, an obsolete salticid genus now called FlacillulaStrand, 1932. This genus name is in turn derived from Aelia Flaccilla, wife of Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Afraflacilla, Pseudicius, Festucula and Marchena are close relatives and form a monophyletic group.
Tanzania is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. They are very small spiders, with body lengths ranging from 1.5 to 3 millimetres. Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker. It is related to the Euophrys and Talavera. Three new species discovered in Tanzania by Wesolowska and Russell-Smith in 2000, and given the genus name "Lilliput" are now included in the genus Tanzania.
Lophostica mauriciana is a species of spider in the family Salticidae. It is found only in the islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.
Nigorella is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska & Beata Tomasiewicz in 2008. The name is described as "an arbitrary combination of letters", feminine in gender. Three previously species described were transferred to the genus: Pachypoessa albimana as N. albimana, Philaeus manicus as N. manica, and Euophrys plebeja as N. plebeja. Subsequently it was discovered that Euophrys plebeja was a nomen dubium, with no known type specimen.
Phlegra bresnieri is a species of jumping spiders. Its specific name bresnieri honors the 19th-century French Arabist Louis-Jacques Bresnier.
Menemerus semilimbatus is a spider in the family Salticidae.
Wanda Wesołowska is a Polish zoologist known for her work with arachnids. Her research focuses on the taxonomy, biology and zoogeography of jumping spiders.
Menemerus desertus is a jumping spider species in the genus Menemerus that lives in Algeria. It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1999. The female and male are very distinctive. The female is larger, 7.7 millimetres in length, with characteristic ridges. The male is smaller, 5.2 millimetres long, with a very large dorsal tibial apophysis and characteristic embolus.
Ansienulina mirabilis is a species of jumping spiders. It is the only species in the genus Ansienulina.
Rhene formosa is a species of jumping spider in the genus Rhene that lives in the mountains of Guinea. The female was first identified in 2002 while the male remains unknown. The spider is small, with a line of white hairs on a darker brown carapace and a lighter beige and longer elongated abdomen.
Phlegra pusilla is a species of jumping spider in the genus Phlegra. The male was first described in 1994 from a sample from Yemen. The female was subsequently described in 2006, and the distribution of the species identified from across Africa from Senegal to Zimbabwe and into the Arabian Peninsula. The species is identified by a characteristic pattern on the carapace and the structure of the copulatory organs.
Rhene pinguis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Rhene that was identified in South Africa. The male was first described in 2009 and the female in 2018. The spider is flat and hairy, its swollen look giving rise to its species name. The female is slightly larger than the male, but neither have been seen with a cephalothorax longer than 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) and abdomen more than 2.0 millimetres (0.079 in) in length.
Rhene lingularis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Rhene that can be found in South Africa. The male was first identified in 2011. It is typical of the genus, and is small, dark brown and hairy. The spider is distinguished by its tongue-shaped embolus, from which its species name derives.
Rhene amanzi is a species of jumping spider in the genus Rhene. The male was first identified in 2013 and the female in 2018. It is small and dark brown, almost black, although the female is larger than the male. The species is named after the Amanzi Private Game Reserve in Free State, South Africa, which is the only place that it has been found.
Rhene punctatus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Rhene that lives in South Africa. The male was identified in 2013 and has distinctive black dots on its abdomen, which gives rise to its name.
Rhene timidus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Rhene that lives in South Africa. Only the female has been described, in 2013. The spider is typical of the genus, but larger than Rhene facilis, with a relatively large abdomen measuring 3.5 millimetres (0.14 in) in length. It has a distinctive epigyne featuring spiralling ridges.
Tomomingi szutsi is a species of jumping spider in the genus Tomomingi that was first described in 2013. It is related to the similar Tomomingi holmi, but lives in the grasslands of the Soutpansberg mountain range in South Africa. The spider is small, brown and hairy.
Xuriella prima is the type species of jumping spider in the genus Xuriella first described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith. First discovered in Tanzania, it has also been identified in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Stenaelurillus hirsutus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Stenaelurillus first described in 1927. The species has a disribution that covers Central Africa and into West Africa. The spider is small, hairy and has a distinctive headband, the male having a distinctive black and white striped pattern on the carapace and the female a characteristic epigyne.
Pellenes geniculatus is a jumping spider species in the genus Pellenes. First named Attus geniculatus by Eugène Simon in 1868, it was given its current name by Simon in 1876. A small spider, between 3.35 and 5 mm long, it has a large range that stretches across Southern Europe, Africa and Central Asia. There is some variation between those found in Africa and in Europe and Asia, the former generally being slightly smaller. The head has a distinctive pattern of lines formed of white scales.
