Manzuma kenyaensis
| Manzuma kenyaensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Manzuma |
| Species: | M. kenyaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Manzuma kenyaensis (Dawidowicz & Wesołowska, 2016)
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Manzuma kenyaensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Manzuma that is endemic in Kenya. It was allocated to the genus Langelurillus when it was first described in 2016 by Angelika Dawidowicz and Wanda Wesołowska but moved to its current genus in 2020 by Galina Azarkina It is named after the country where it was first identified. The spider is small, with an oval carapace that is between 1.8 and 2.8 mm (0.071 and 0.110 in) long and a spherical abdomen between 1.8 and 3 mm (0.12 in) long. The female is larger than the male. The spider is generally brown but has white lines and patches visible on its topsides. Its clypeus and cheeks, is generally brown and covered in long whitish-yellow or transparent hairs. The spider's legs are orangish-brown or brownish-yellow and have dark markings. The female copulatory organs include looping insemination ducts that lead to bean-shaped spermathecae. The male's pedipalps have luscious and iridescent brown to yellowish-brown bristles.