Tanzania is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008.[3] They are very small spiders, with body lengths ranging from 1.5 to 3 millimetres (0.059 to 0.118 in). Both sexes look alike, but the females are sometimes darker.[citation needed] It is related to the Euophrys and Talavera.[citation needed] Three new species discovered in Tanzania by Wesolowska and Russell-Smith in 2000, and given the genus name Lilliput (L. mkomazienis, L. minutus and L. pusillus)[2] are now included in the genus Tanzania.
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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: | Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lilliput mkomaziensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000[2]
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Species
editAs of October 2022, it contains seven species, six of which are found in Africa and one in India:[1]
- Tanzania meridionalis Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 – South Africa
- Tanzania minutus (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania, South Africa
- Tanzania mkomaziensis (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) (type) – Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa
- Tanzania parvulus Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
- Tanzania pusillus (Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000) – Tanzania
- Tanzania striatus Wesolowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014 – South Africa
- Tanzania yellapragadai Prajapati & Dudhatra, 2022 - India
References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ a b c Wesolowska, W.; Russell-Smith, A. (2000). "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae: Salticidae)". Tropical Zoology. 13: 11–127. Bibcode:2000TrZoo..13...11W. doi:10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126. S2CID 85300462. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22.
- ^ Koçak, A. Ö.; Kemal, M. (2008). "New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers. 139–140: 1–4.