Wandawe
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| Wandawe | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Wandawe Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Colaxes benjamini (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) | |
| Species | |
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Wandawe is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by Galina N. Azarkina and Charles R. Haddad in 2020,[2] including one species moved from Colaxes and two newly described species.[3] The name pays tribute to Polish zoologist Wanda Wesołowska, a major contributor jumping spider research.[2]
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[1]
- Wandawe australis Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – South Africa
- Wandawe benjamini (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) – South Africa (type species)
- Wandawe tigrina Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – Kenya, Uganda
