Wandawe
| Wandawe | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Wandawe Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Colaxes benjamini (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) | |
| Species | |
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Wandawe is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by Galina N. Azarkina and Charles R. Haddad in 2020,[2] including one species moved from Colaxes and two newly described species.[3] The name pays tribute to Polish zoologist Wanda Wesołowska, a major contributor jumping spider research.[2]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[1]
- Wandawe australis Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – South Africa
- Wandawe benjamini (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) – South Africa (type species)
- Wandawe tigrina Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – Kenya, Uganda
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Wandawe Azarkina & Haddad, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- 1 2 Azarkina, G. N.; Haddad, C. R. (2020). "Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 15–92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4. PMID 33756826. S2CID 232337871.
- ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C. R. (2013). "New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". African Invertebrates. 54: 177–240. doi:10.5733/afin.054.0111. S2CID 59450669.
Further reading
[edit]- Prószyński, J. (2017). "Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 12: 1–133. doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1.
External links
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