Xuriella prima
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| Xuriella prima | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Xuriella |
| Species: | X. prima |
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| Xuriella prima Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 | |
Xuriella prima is the type species of jumping spider in the genus Xuriella first described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith. First discovered in Tanzania, it has also been identified in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Xuriella prima is a small and flattened spider, 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long.[1]
Etymology
The species name is derived from the Latin for first as it is the first of the genus to be identified and is thus the type species for the genus Xuriella.[1]
