Afraflacilla braunsi: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Salticidae
Genus
Afraflacilla
Species
Afraflacilla braunsi
Scientific Name
Afraflacilla braunsi

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Afraflacilla braunsi


Afraflacilla braunsi is a species of jumping spider in the genus Afraflacilla. First found in South Africa, the spider was subsequently observed living in Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, although it is likely to have a wider distribution. First described in 1903 by George and Elizabeth Peckham, it was originally allocated to the genus Pseudicius with the name Pseudicius braunsii. After being renamed Icius braunsi in 1987, it was finally given its current name by Jerzy Prószyński in 2017. Pseudicius tripunctatus, now called Afraflacilla tripunctatus, is a synonym.

A small to medium-sized spider, Afraflacilla braunsi has a carapace that is between 1.7 and 1.9 mm (0.07 and 0.07 in) long and an abdomen 2.2 and 3.2 mm (0.09 and 0.13 in) long. The carapace is brown, sometimes with yellow sides. The abdomen is light brown or fawn with lighter yellow patches. It has large brown front legs, the remainder generally yellow and less robust. It makes noises by rubbing its forelegs against small hairs under its eyes. The copulatory organs are distinctive for the species. The male has a characteristically bulbous palpal bulb and a single long projection, or apophysis, extending from the palpal tibia. The female has very long and coiled insemination ducts that lead to large spermathecae.

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