Tanzania minutus

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Tanzania minutus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Tanzania
Species:
T. minutus
Binomial name
Tanzania minutus
(Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000)

Tanzania minutus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Tanzania that lives in Tanzania. The male was first described in 2000 and the species was originally known as Lilliput minutus. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Wesołowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2000). "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13 (1): 11–127. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Tanzania minutus (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000)". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2017.