Tanzania mkomaziensis

Tanzania mkomaziensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Tanzania that lives in Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. Mostly active during wet months of the year, the species lives in a wide range of habitats, including savanna and scrubland. First described in 2000, it is a very small spider with a body that consists of a forward section, or carapace, that is between 0.7 and 1.1 mm (0.03 and 0.04 in) long and a rear section, or abdomen, that is between 0.8 and 1.4 mm (0.03 and 0.06 in) long. The male spider's carapace is generally yellowish-orange while the female is brown. All have a darker eye field. The spider's abdomen varies, with some being a plain dark grey, greyish or olive-grey and others, particularly those found in Ethiopia, having a dark mosaic pattern. The spider's legs are often black, but some specimen have paler legs and others have yellow legs with black rings. Its pedipalps are yellow and its spinnerets are grey. The spider has distinctive copulatory organs, particularly the short coiled embolus on the male and the sclerotized fringes on the female's epigyne.