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Tenuiballus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Tenuiballus
Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 [1]
Type species
T. minor
Azarkina & Haddad, 2020
Species
  • Tenuiballus coronatus Azarkina & Haddad, 2020
  • Tenuiballus minor Azarkina & Haddad, 2020

Tenuiballus is a small genus of southern African jumping spiders. It was first described by G. N. Azarkina and C. R. Haddad in 2020, [2] and it has only been found in South Africa. [1] As of April 2022 it contains only two species: T. coronatus and T. minor. [1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tenuiballus Azarkina & Haddad, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi: 10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
  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.