Euophrys elizabethae information

Euophrys elizabethae
The related Euophrys frontalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Euophrys
Species:	E. elizabethae
Binomial name
Euophrys elizabethae Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014

Euophrys elizabethae is a species of jumping spider in the genus Euophrys that is endemic to South Africa. The species was first described in 2014 by Wanda Wesołowska, Galina Azarkina and Anthony Russell-Smith and named after the arachnologist Elizabeth Peckham. It is a small brown spider, with a body that consists of a cephalothorax that is between 2.2 and 2.3 mm (0.09 and 0.09 in) long and an abdomen between 2.2 and 2.6 mm (0.10 in) long. The cephalothorax has a plain but darker carapace, or topside, and a lighter sternum, or underside, while the abdomen has a mosaic pattern of lighter and darker patches that differ in detail between the sexes. The copulatory organs are unique amongst spiders in the genus. The male has a shorter and wider tibial apophysis than related species. The female has shorter accessory glands and longer and more strongly curved insemination ducts.