''Evarcha acuta'' is a

jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

species in the genus ''

Evarcha ''Evarcha'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world. Habitat These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting i ...

'' that lives in

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. It was first described by

Wanda Wesołowska Wanda Wesołowska (born 11 August 1950) is a Polish zoologist known for her work with jumping spiders. She has described more species of jumping spider than any contemporary writer, and is second only to Eugène Simon in the history of arachnolog ...

in 2006.

References

Endemic fauna of Namibia Salticidae Fauna of Namibia Spiders of Africa Spiders described in 2006 Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska {{Salticidae-stub