''Goleba jocquei'' is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

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 ...

in the

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Goleba ''Goleba'' is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1980. Species it contains five species, found only in Africa: *'' Goleba jocquei'' Szüts, 2001 – Congo *'' Goleba lyra'' Maddison & Zhang, 2006 – ...

''. The species has been identified in the Republic of the Congo. The female was first described by Tamás Szűts in 2001 and is the first new species in the genus.

References

Endemic fauna of the Republic of the Congo Salticidae Spiders described in 2001 Spiders of Africa {{Salticidae-stub