''Manzuma'' is a
genus
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of African
jumping spiders erected by
Galina Azarkina
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in 2020 as part of a study of genera placed in the
subtribe
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Aelurillina.
During the study, she found that several species formerly placed in ''
Rafalus'', ''
Aelurillus
''Aelurillus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Description
Species of the genus ''Aelurillus'' are typically about 7 mm long in females, and up to five mm in males. They are stout, squat-shaped and rather f ...
'' and ''
Langelurillus'' were similar and distinct enough from the
type species
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of these genera. Accordingly, she erected a new genus, transferring four species in addition to describing three new ones.
Species
it contains seven species:
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M. botswana''
Azarkina, 2020 – Botswana, South Africa
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M. jocquei''
(Azarkina, Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011) – Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Central African Rep.
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M. kenyaensis''
(Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016) – Kenya
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M. lymphus''
(Próchniewicz & Hęciak, 1994) – Kenya
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M. nigritibiis''
(Caporiacco, 1941) (
type
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) – Ethiopia, Yemen
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M. petroae''
Azarkina, 2020 – South Africa
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M. tanzanica''
Azarkina, 2020 – Tanzania
See also
* ''
Aelurillus
''Aelurillus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Description
Species of the genus ''Aelurillus'' are typically about 7 mm long in females, and up to five mm in males. They are stout, squat-shaped and rather f ...
''
* ''
Rafalus''
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Saitis
''Saitis'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1876. The Australian species may belong to other genera, such as '' Maratus''.
Species
it contains thirty-two species, found worldwide:
*'' Saitis anna ...
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List of Salticidae genera
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Salticidae genera
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