Euophrys maseruensis information

Euophrys maseruensis
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. maseruensis
Binomial name
Euophrys maseruensis Wesołowska, Azarkina & Russell-Smith, 2014

Euophrys maseruensis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Euophrys that is endemic to Lesotho. The species was first described in 2014 by Wanda Wesołowska, Galina Azarkina and Anthony Russell-Smith. It is a very small spider, with a body that consists of a cephalothorax that is typically 1.1 mm (0.04 in) long and an abdomen that is typically 0.8 mm (0.03 in) long. The spider is generally brown, apart from small features like the white hairs that can be seen on its face, or clypeus, and its greyish spinnerets. The carapace, the topside of the cephalothorax, is darker than the sternum, or underside and, unusually for the genus, a scutum covers the top of the abdomen. Both its legs and pedipalps are also brown. The spider's The copulatory organs are distinctive amongst spiders in the genus, particularly male's thin tibial apophysis, or protrusion on the palpal tibia. The female has not been described.