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Thiratoscirtus elgonensis
Thiratoscirtus elgonensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Thiratoscirtus that lives in Nigeria. It has only been found on Mount Elgon, after which it named. The species was first described in 2016 by Angelika Dawidowicz and Wanda Wesołowska. It is a medium-sized spider, with a cephalothorax that is between 1.8 and 2.7 mm long and an abdomen that is between 2.0 and 2.8 mm in length, both oval in shape. It is generally brown...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 811713.