Thyenula wesolowskae

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Thyenula wesolowskae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Thyenula
Species:
T. wesolowskae
Binomial name
Thyenula wesolowskae
Zhang & Maddison, 2012

Thyenula wesolowskae is a jumping spider species in the genus Thyenula that lives in South Africa. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2012). "New euophryine jumping spiders from Southeast Asia and Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae)". Zootaxa. 3581: 53–80. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3581.1.2 . Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Thyenula wesolowskae Zhang & Maddison, 2012". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 12 May 2017.