Noideattella tsiba
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| Noideattella tsiba | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Noideattella |
| Species: | N. tsiba |
| Binomial name | |
| Noideattella tsiba Álvarez-Padilla, Ubick & Griswold, 2012 | |
Noideattella tsiba is a species of araneomorph spider in the family Oonopidae, (also called "goblin spiders"). This species can only be found on the African island Madagascar.[1] Two individual specimens were collected when the species was first discovered.[1] The first was a male holotype which measured 1.4 mm across.[1] The other, a female paratype measured 1.6 mm.[1]
N. tsiba was first reported from Madagascar in 2012, and its discovery was part of a project called the Goblin Spider Planetary Biodiversity Inventory.[1] The report also named the genera Noideatella (to which N. tsiba belongs) and Tolegnaro.[1] While 11 species were reported within Noideatella in this report, only two species were reported from Tolegnaro.[1]