Atomosphyrus wandae

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Atomosphyrus wandae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Atomosphyrus
Species:
A. wandae
Binomial name
Atomosphyrus wandae
Bustamante & Ruiz, 2020

Atomosphyrus wandae is a species of jumping spider that lives in Brazil. The spider lives on the ground in gallery forest, shrubland and open fields. Only the male has been identified; it was first described in 2020 by Abel Bustamante and Gustavo Ruiz. It is a small spider with an orange carapace 1.07 mm (0.042 in) iong and a cream-colored abdomen 1.44 mm (0.057 in) long. The carapace has a pattern of stripes and the abdomen has a pattern of spots. It can be distinguished from other spiders in the genus, including the similar Atomosphyrus breyeri, by Its copulatory organs are, particularly the length of its embolus and its triangular retrolateral tibial apophysis.

Atomosphyrus wandae is a species of jumping spider, a member of the family Salticidae, that was first described by the arachnologists Abel Bustamante and Gustavo Ruiz in 2020.[1] The species was named after the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska.[2] It was placed in the genus Atomosphyrus, first described by the biologist Eugène Simon in 1902.[3]

The genus was placed in the tribe Thiodinini in the clade Amycoida by the biologist Wayne Maddison in 2015 on the basis of its ant-like body.[4] In 2017, the genus was grouped with 30 other genera of jumping spiders under the name of Amycines, itself derived from the genus name Amycus.[5] The holotype is stored in the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Belém.[6]

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