Goleba puella

Goleba puella, the Goleba jumping spider, is the type species of Goleba, a genus of jumping spiders. Living across Southern Africa, the species has been found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa. A medium-sized spider, Goleba puella measures between 4.88 and 6.04 mm (0.192 and 0.238 in) in total length. It is predominantly green apart from its yellow legs, although some spiders have a faint pattern of brown stripes on their carapace or reddish hairs on their abdomen. The spider has eyes that are mounted on tubercles and surrounded by black rings and a total of nine teeth, four at the front and five at the back. The spider mainly feeds on insects like ants and flies, which is catches by lunging, although it will also eat other food like flowers and nectar particularly when young. They will build nests of silk in which they will lay their egg sacs, the female often staying with the eggs until they hatch. It was first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. Initially placed in the genus Asemonea, the species was moved to Goleba in 1980 by Fred Wanless.