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.
| Xuriella prima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Xuriella |
| Species: | X. prima
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| Binomial name | |
| Xuriella prima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
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Description
editXuriella prima is a small and flattened spider, 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long.[1]
Etymology
editThe 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
editXuriella 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of Xuriella prima
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