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Yimbulunga

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Yimbulunga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Yimbulunga
Species:
Y. foordi
Binomial name
Yimbulunga foordi
Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014[1]

Yimbulunga is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2014 by three arachnologists, Galina Azarkina, Anthony Russell-Smith and Wanda Wesołowska, in a joint publication with Wesołowska as the lead author. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Yimbulunga foordi, found in South Africa.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-22.