| Taxon | Wandawe |
|---|---|
| Authority | Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1] |
| Type species | Colaxes benjamini |
| Type species authority | (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) |
| Subdivision ranks | Species |
Wandawe is a genus of sub-Saharan African jumping spiders first described by Galina N. Azarkina and Charles R. Haddad in 2020,[2] including one species moved from Colaxes and two newly described species.[3] The name pays tribute to Polish zoologist Wanda Wesołowska, a major contributor jumping spider research.[2]
Species
As of October 2025, this genus includes three species:[1]
- Wandawe australis Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – South Africa
- Wandawe benjamini (Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013) – South Africa (type species)
- Wandawe tigrina Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 – Kenya, Uganda
See also
References
- ^ "Gen. Wandawe Azarkina & Haddad, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ^ "Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 15–92. 2020. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4. PMID 33756826. S2CID 232337871
- ^ "New data on the jumping spiders of South Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)". African Invertebrates. 54: 177–240. 2013. doi:10.5733/afin.054.0111. S2CID 59450669
Further reading
- "Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 12: 1–133. 2017. doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1