Langona zimbabwensis
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| Langona zimbabwensis | |
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| A spider of the genus Langona | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Langona |
| Species: | L. zimbabwensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Langona zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2011 | |
Langona zimbabwensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in Zimbabwe. The male was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg Cumming in 2011. The female has not been identified. The spider is large with a cephalothorax between 2.9 and 3 mm (0.11 and 0.12 in) long and an abdomen between 2.5 and 2.6 mm (0.098 and 0.102 in). The spider has a brown carapace with two faint white stripes on its back and a black eye field. It has the toothless chelicerae typical of the genus. It has a long and thin tibial apophysis. The spider can be distinguished from others in the genus by its distinctive pattern of 12 white spots, consisting of six pairs, and a black stripe on its abdomen.
Langona zimbabwensis is a species of jumping spider that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg Cumming in 2011.[1] The species was placed in the genus Langona, first described by Eugène Simon in 1901.[2] It was listed in the subtribe Aelurillina in the tribe Aelurillini by Wayne Maddison in 2015. These were allocated to the clade Saltafresia.[3] In 2017, the genus was grouped with nine other genera of jumping spiders under the name Aelurillines.[4] It is particularly closely related to the genus Aelurillus, after which the subtribe, tribe and group are named.[5] The species is named for the country where it was first found. The exact taxonomy of the species is uncertain as only the male has been identified.[6]