Langelurillus sibandai

Langelurillus sibandai
	A spider of the Langelurillus genus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Langelurillus
Species:	L. sibandai
Binomial name
	Langelurillus sibandai; Wesołowska, 2011

Langelurillus sibandai is the largest species of jumping spider in the genus Langelurillus. It lives in Zimbabwe. The female was first described in 2011 by Wanda Wesołowska. The male has not been identified. The spider has a large fawn abdomen that is between 6.9 and 7.1 mm (0.27 and 0.28 in) long and a brown cephalothorax between 4.7 and 5.7 mm (0.19 and 0.22 in) long. The distinctive bulgy shape of the abdomen helps to distinguish the species, as well as its size. It has short brownish-orange legs and a large triangular epigyne with two small gonopores.

Taxonomy

Langelurillus sibandai is a

clade Salticoida.^[6] In 2016, Jerzy Prószyński placed the same genera in a group named Aelurillines based on the shape of the spiders' copulatory organs.^[7]

Description

Langelurillus sibandai is the largest species in the genus. The female has a

labium is generally orange.^[4] The abdomen is larger than the carapace, between 6.9 and 7.1 mm (0.27 and 0.28 in) long and 6.1 and 7.0 mm (0.24 and 0.28 in) wide.^[8] It is bulgy and fawn, with a pattern of ten light spots in pairs on its back. The underside is whitish-yellow. The spinnerets are also fawn and the short legs are brownish-orange, with thin brown hairs and short spines. The spider has a large epigyne of a triangular shape, with two small gonopores. The receptacles are spherical, complex and multi-chambered.^[4] Apart from its size and the dumpy shape of its body, it can be identified by the large chamber in the seminal ducts.^[8] The male has not been described.^[1]