Tanzania (genus)
| Tanzania | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Lilliput Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 |
| Type species | |
| Lilliput mkomaziensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | |
Tanzania is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), with three described species that all occur in the Mkomazi Game Reserve of Tanzania.
Description
These minute spiders range in body length from 1.5 to 3 mm. Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker.
Relationships
This genus is related to the genera Euophrys and Talavera.
Name
The genus name is derived from Lilliput, a land in Jonathan Swift's book Gulliver's Travels that is inhabited by minute people.
Species
- Lilliput minutus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania)
- Lilliput mkomaziensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)
- Lilliput pusillus Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 (Tanzania)
References
- Wesolowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2000). Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae: Salticidae). Trop. Zool. 13: 11-127. PDF (with description of all species)