Sonoita (spider)
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Sonoita is a spider
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, Sonoita lightfooti, has a disjunct distribution: it is found on the Ivory Coast and in South Africa
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Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, Sonoita lightfooti, has a disjunct distribution: it is found on the Ivory Coast and in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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Further reading
(1985): A revision of the spider genera Holcolaetis and Sonoita (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.) 48(4): 249-278.External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings