Tanzania (spider)
| Tanzania | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Tanzania Koçak & Kemal, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Lilliput mkomaziensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tanzania is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. 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. It is related to the Euophrys and Talavera. 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) are now included in the genus Tanzania.