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Xuriella prima

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Xuriella prima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Xuriella
Species:
X. prima
Binomial name
Xuriella prima
Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000

Xuriella prima is the type species of jumping spider in the genus Xuriella first described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith. First discovered in Tanzania, it has also been identified in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Description

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Xuriella prima is a small and flattened spider, 3 millimetres (18 in) long.[1]

Etymology

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The species name is derived from the Latin for first as it is the first of the genus to be identified and is thus the type species for the genus Xuriella.[1]

Distribution

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Xuriella prima was first described from examples found in the Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith.[2] Subsequently, the species was also identified in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2017). "Xuriella prima Wesolowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2000". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. ^ Cumming, M.; Wesołowska, W. (2004). "Habitat separation in a species-rich assemblage of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in a suburban study site in Zimbabwe". Journal of Zoology. 262 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1017/S0952836903004461.
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