Wandawe

Wandawe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Wandawe
Azarkina & Haddad, 2020
Type species
Colaxes benjamini
(Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013)
Species
  • Wandawe australis Azarkina & Haddad, 2020
  • Wandawe benjamini (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013)
  • Wandawe tigrina Azarkina & Haddad, 2020

Wandawe is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by Galina N. Azarkina and Charles R. Haddad in 2020, including one species moved from Colaxes and two newly described species. The name pays tribute to Polish zoologist Wanda Wesołowska, a major contributor jumping spider research.

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Wandawe Azarkina & Haddad, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  2. 1 2 Azarkina, G. N.; Haddad, C. R. (2020). "Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 15–92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4. PMID 33756826. S2CID 232337871.
  3. ↑ Wesołowska, W.; Haddad, C. R. (2013). "New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". African Invertebrates. 54: 177–240. doi:10.5733/afin.054.0111. S2CID 59450669.

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