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37: 478:. The eyes have similar dark rings, but the rings are more plentiful. There are a few light hairs on the eye field and white hairs around some of the eyes. The mouthparts are yellowish. The upperside of the abdomen is yellow and marked with dark pattern that combines two wiggly lines along the middle and darker patches on the rear. All the legs are yellow. They have brown spines some of which are very long, including one on the palpal tarsus. 473:
The female spider is smaller than the male with a cephalothorax that has a length of between 2.1 and 2.2 mm (0.09 in) and width of between 1.6 mm (0.06 in) and 1.7 mm and an abdomen that has a length between 2.4 and 2.5 mm (0.10 in) and a width of between 1.6 and 1.7 mm.
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The male spider's abdomen is a narrow ovoid that measures between 2.3 mm (0.09 in) and 2.9 mm in length and between 1.2 and 1.5 mm (0.05 and 0.06 in) in width. The upper side is yellowish-grey, with a lighter patch in the middle and darker areas towards the sides. The underside is
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but has a wide depression towards the rear. At the back of the depression is a pocket that contains two copulatory openings. These lead into insemination ducts that are wide at their opening and narrow towards the
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that are surrounded by dark rings, particularly the female. The female is lighter than the male, with the top of the cephalothorax and abdomen being yellow along with its legs. The male has a dark brown
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that projects out of the side that points upwards and curls around to into the cymbium. The palpal tibia is long and has a noticeable mound on the side and a very wide protrusion or tibial
408:. The male has a cephalothorax that has a length of between 2.4 and 2.9 mm (0.09 and 0.11 in) and width of between 1.7 and 2.1 mm (0.07 and 0.08 in). The 1072: 1011: 291:
and Tamás Szűts in 2021. It is one of over 500 different species identified by Wesołowska in her career. The species is named for the arachnologist
389:. It is likely to have diverged from them between 16.3 and 18.7 million years ago. The genus is distinguished by the spines on its legs. 1062: 412:, the hard upper part of the cephalothorax, is very high with a sharp slope to the rear. It is generally dark brown apart from the 470:. It is the wide shovel-like shape of the tibial apophysis that enables the species to be distinguished from others in the genus. 357:
Thiratoscirtinae for the genus and its related genera. The genus is also a member of a group of genera named Thiratoscirtines by
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apart from the first pair, which have brown sections. They also have very long spines that are characteristic of the genus. The
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are wide with a large fang that has two smaller spikes near its root and two separate teeth both to the front and to the back.
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Wiśniewski, Konrad (2020). "Over 40 years with jumping spiders: on the 70th birthday of Wanda Wesołowska".
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Maddison, Wayne P. (2015). "A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)".
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spiders generally live in Western equatorial Africa and are particularly common in area around the
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have dark rings around them while others are surrounded by white and reddish-orange hairs. The
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are darker than the others and marked with long spines. All the spider's have yellow
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Simon, with descriptions of new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Thiratoscirtina)".
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is a small spider with a body that is divided into two main parts: an oval
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It is also lighter. The carapace is light yellow with a fawn
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analysis has shown that the genus is related to the genera
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The female's copulatory organs are also distinctive. The
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Aelurillini. Wayne Maddison allocated the tribe to the
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that is between 2.1 and 2.9 mm long and an ovoid
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in 2007 at an altitude of 550 m (1,800 ft)
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The spider has distinctive 307:, which had been erected by 819:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.06.005 777:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 765:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 753:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 741:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 724:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 709:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 661:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 625:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 613:Wesołowska & Szűts 2021 1089: 848:10.1636/arac-43-03-231-292 836:The Journal of Arachnology 697:Bodner & Maddison 2016 685:Bodner & Maddison 2016 1063:Spiders described in 2021 935:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.3 914:10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1 331:Saltafresia in the clade 167: 160: 32:Scientific classification 30: 23: 16:Species of jumping spider 500:Distribution and habitat 639:, p. 249–250, 280. 319:Thiratoscirtina in the 1053:Endemic fauna of Gabon 872:Ecologica Montenegrina 258:Taxonomy and etymology 885:10.37828/em.2017.12.1 793:Bodner, Melissa R.; 573:World Spider Catalog 488:Pochyta equatorialis 432:grey. The spiders's 338:Pochyta equatorialis 811:2016MolPE..65..213B 315:is a member of the 795:Maddison, Wayne P. 537:Waka National Park 273:, a member of the 1068:Spiders of Africa 1040: 1039: 1003:Pochyta maddisoni 973:Pochyta maddisoni 965:Taxon identifiers 894:Wesołowska, Wanda 864:Prószyński, Jerzy 567:Pochyta maddisoni 529:Crystal Mountains 513:Pochyta maddisoni 452:copulatory organs 448:Pochyta maddisoni 398:Pochyta maddisoni 280:, that was first 263:Pochyta maddisoni 244:copulatory organs 189:Pochyta maddisoni 185: 184: 180:& Szűts, 2021 171:Pochyta maddisoni 153:P. maddisoni 25:Pochyta maddisoni 1080: 1033: 1032: 1020: 1019: 1007: 1006: 1005: 992: 991: 990: 960: 954: 917: 889: 887: 859: 830: 780: 774: 768: 762: 756: 750: 744: 738: 727: 721: 712: 706: 700: 694: 688: 682: 676: 670: 664: 658: 652: 646: 640: 634: 628: 622: 616: 610: 597: 591: 585: 584: 582: 580: 560: 450:has distinctive 359:Jerzy Prószyński 327:Simonida in the 289:Wanda Wesołowska 215:Wanda Wesołowska 173: 40: 39: 21: 1088: 1087: 1083: 1082: 1081: 1079: 1078: 1077: 1043: 1042: 1041: 1036: 1028: 1023: 1015: 1010: 1001: 1000: 995: 986: 985: 980: 967: 957: 920: 892: 862: 833: 792: 788: 783: 775: 771: 763: 759: 751: 747: 739: 730: 722: 715: 707: 703: 695: 691: 683: 679: 673:Prószyński 2017 671: 667: 659: 655: 647: 643: 635: 631: 623: 619: 611: 600: 594:Wiśniewski 2020 592: 588: 578: 576: 562: 561: 554: 550: 545: 533:above sea level 523:was found near 502: 395: 350:Pochyta spinosa 344:Pochyta pulchra 260: 181: 175: 169: 156: 34: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1086: 1084: 1076: 1075: 1070: 1065: 1060: 1055: 1045: 1044: 1038: 1037: 1035: 1034: 1021: 1008: 993: 977: 975: 969: 968: 963: 956: 955: 918: 890: 860: 842:(3): 231–292. 831: 805:(1): 213–240. 789: 787: 784: 782: 781: 769: 757: 745: 728: 713: 701: 699:, p. 224. 689: 687:, p. 219. 677: 675:, p. 109. 665: 653: 651:, p. 278. 641: 629: 617: 598: 586: 551: 549: 546: 544: 541: 519:to Gabon. The 509:Gulf of Guinea 501: 498: 404:and a thinner 394: 391: 293:Wayne Maddison 286:arachnologists 271:jumping spider 259: 256: 198:jumping spider 183: 182: 176: 165: 164: 158: 157: 150: 148: 144: 143: 136: 132: 131: 126: 122: 121: 116: 112: 111: 106: 102: 101: 96: 92: 91: 86: 82: 81: 76: 72: 71: 66: 62: 61: 56: 52: 51: 46: 42: 41: 28: 27: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1085: 1074: 1071: 1069: 1066: 1064: 1061: 1059: 1056: 1054: 1051: 1050: 1048: 1031: 1026: 1022: 1018: 1013: 1009: 1004: 998: 994: 989: 983: 979: 978: 976: 974: 970: 966: 961: 952: 948: 944: 940: 936: 932: 928: 924: 919: 915: 911: 907: 903: 899: 895: 891: 886: 881: 877: 873: 869: 865: 861: 857: 853: 849: 845: 841: 837: 832: 828: 824: 820: 816: 812: 808: 804: 800: 796: 791: 790: 785: 778: 773: 770: 767:, p. 20. 766: 761: 758: 754: 749: 746: 743:, p. 17. 742: 737: 735: 733: 729: 726:, p. 19. 725: 720: 718: 714: 710: 705: 702: 698: 693: 690: 686: 681: 678: 674: 669: 666: 663:, p. 38. 662: 657: 654: 650: 649:Maddison 2015 645: 642: 638: 637:Maddison 2015 633: 630: 626: 621: 618: 615:, p. 18. 614: 609: 607: 605: 603: 599: 595: 590: 587: 574: 570: 568: 559: 557: 553: 547: 542: 540: 538: 534: 530: 526: 522: 518: 514: 510: 506: 499: 497: 495: 490: 489: 484: 479: 477: 471: 469: 465: 461: 457: 453: 449: 445: 443: 439: 435: 429: 427: 423: 419: 415: 411: 407: 403: 402:cephalothorax 399: 392: 390: 388: 387: 382: 381: 376: 375: 370: 369: 364: 360: 356: 352: 351: 346: 345: 340: 339: 334: 330: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 305: 301: 296: 294: 290: 287: 283: 279: 276: 272: 268: 264: 257: 255: 253: 249: 245: 241: 237: 233: 228: 224: 220: 219:cephalothorax 216: 212: 208: 207: 203: 199: 195: 191: 190: 179: 174: 172: 166: 163: 162:Binomial name 159: 155: 154: 149: 146: 145: 142: 141: 137: 134: 133: 130: 127: 124: 123: 120: 117: 114: 113: 110: 109:Araneomorphae 107: 104: 103: 100: 97: 94: 93: 90: 87: 84: 83: 80: 77: 74: 73: 70: 67: 64: 63: 60: 57: 54: 53: 50: 47: 44: 43: 38: 33: 29: 26: 22: 19: 972: 926: 922: 905: 901: 897: 875: 871: 839: 835: 802: 798: 786:Bibliography 779:, p. 4. 772: 760: 755:, p. 6. 748: 711:, p. 3. 704: 692: 680: 668: 656: 644: 632: 627:, p. 1. 620: 596:, p. 6. 589: 577:. 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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chelicerata
Arachnida
Araneae
Araneomorphae
Salticidae
Salticinae
Pochyta
Binomial name
Wesołowska
species
jumping spider
genus
Pochyta
described
Wanda Wesołowska
cephalothorax
abdomen
eyes
carapace
legs
spinnerets
copulatory organs
apophysis
epigyne
species

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