Afrobeata magnifica
| Afrobeata magnifica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Afrobeata |
| Species: | A. magnifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Afrobeata magnifica Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000
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Afrobeata magnifica is a species of jumping spider in the genus Afrobeata that lives in Tanzania. The species was first described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith. The spider has an olive-green carapace measuring between typically 2.8 mm (0.11 in) long and a brown abdomen 2.9 mm (0.11 in) long. The male has a pattern of two large light diagonal stripes on its abdomen. The front legs of the male are longer than the rest. The copulatory organs are distinctive.. The male has a characteristically small palpal femur and a small appendage on its palpal tibia, or tibial apophysis that has two sections, one blunt and the other sharp. The female has not been described.