Lamottella

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iLamottella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Lamottella
Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002
Species

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Lamottella is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

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[edit] Etymology

Named in honor of Maxime Lamotte, an ecologist and frog specialist who initiated the early expeditions into the Nimba Mountains. longipes means "long-legged".

[edit] Appearance

The male spider is about 5.5mm long. The female is not yet known.

[edit] Species

  • Lamottella longipes Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 (Guinea)

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