Wanda Wesołowska (born 11 August 1950) is a Polish zoologist known for her work with jumping spiders. She has described more species of jumping spider...
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Pachyballus miniscutulus (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
the genus Pachyballus, the species was first described in 2020 by Wanda Wesołowska, Galina Azarkina and Konrad Wiśniewski. Pachyballus miniscutulus is...
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Detalik (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
consisting of four species. The genus was circumscribed in 2021 by Wanda Wesołowska, along with descriptions of the type species Detalik anthonyi and two...
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Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. It was first described in 2011 by Wanda Wesołowska, based on a holotype from Caprivi. The spider is large with a cephalothorax...
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by the arachnologists Wanda Wesołowska and Tamás Szűts in 2021. It is one of over 500 different species identified by Wesołowska in her career. The species...
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Menemerus bifurcus (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The species was first described in 1999 by Wanda Wesołowska, one of over 500 descriptions she has written during her lifetime....
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genus Langona that lives in Tanzania. The male was first described by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith in 2000. The female has not been identified...
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Menemerus fagei (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
Menemerus fagei is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in West Africa, Malta, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, and...
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is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2020. The group was first described by Berland and Millot in 1941...
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mimics ants. It was named by Tamás Szűts after the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska. The male of the species was first described in 2003, with the holotype...
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Evarcha praeclara (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
2003 that the species was formally described by Jerzy Prószyński and Wanda Wesołowska. The exact nature of the species is disputed, with Prószyński stating...
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Mexcala monstrata (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
lives in Egypt and Yemen. The spider was first defined in 1994 by Wanda Wesołowska and Antonius van Harten. It mimics ants, living alongside and preying...
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Evarcha maculata (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
The species was first described in 2002 by Christine Rollard and Wanda Wesołowska. The spider is small, with a cephalothorax measuring between 1.7 and...
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Euophrys meridionalis (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
Endemic to South Africa, the species was first described in 2014 by Wanda Wesołowska, Galina Azarkina and Anthony Russell-Smith. It is a very small spider...
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Afraflacilla refulgens (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
that lives in Zimbabwe. The spider was first described in 2008 by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg Cumming. Originally allocated to the genus Pseudicius, it was...
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that lives in Kenya and Tanzania. It was first described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith. The spider is small, with a carapace that...
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of its epigyne. The species is named after the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska. Pseudicius wesolowskae is a jumping spider that was first described...
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Thiratoscirtus mastigophorus (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
The species was first described in 2013 by Konrad Wiśniewski and Wanda Wesołowska. It is a small spider, with a cephalothorax that is typically between...
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Cape. The species was first described in 2011 by Charles Haddad and Wanda Wesołowska. It is a very small spider, with a carapace typically 1.1 mm (0.043 in)...
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in Kenya and Tanzania. The species was first identified in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska & Anthony Russell-Smith, and named for the Latin word for darkish....
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Menemerus zimbabwensis (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
that lives in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska first described the female in 1999 and the male in 2007. The spider...
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Pachyballus ornatus (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. It was first described in 2020 by Wanda Wesołowska, Galina Azarkina and Konrad Wiśniewski. A small spider, it has a cephalothorax...
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that lives in Zimbabwe. The female was first described in 2011 by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg Cumming. The male has yet to be described. The spider takes...
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and Galina Azarkina. The holotype had originally been described by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg S. Cumming in 2002 and allocated to the genus Mashonarus guttatus...
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Stenaelurillus guttatus (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
in Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It was first described in 2002 by Wanda Wesołowska and Meg S. Cumming. It was initially the type species for the genus...
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Thyenula that lives in South Africa. It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2001. Wesołowska, W. (2001). "Two new species of Thyenula Simon, 1902 from...
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that lives in Yemen. It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska & Antonius van Harten in 1994. Wesołowska, W.; van Harten, A. (1994). "The jumping spiders...
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Tanzania mkomaziensis (category Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska)
Coast, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. First described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith, it is a very small spider with a carapace...
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Yemen. The species was first described in 1994 by Wanda Wesołowska and Antonius van Harten. Wesołowska, W.; van Harten, A. (1994). The Jumping Spiders (Salticidae...
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containing the single species, Drobinka parvula. It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 2021, and it has only been found in Nigeria. The species has three...
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