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Langona tortuosa
Langona tortuosa is a species of jumping spider in the genus Langona that lives in 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 between 2.4 and 2.8 mm (0.094 and 0.110 in) long and an abdomen between 1.9 and 2.6 mm (0.075 and 0.102 in) long. The female is larger than the male. It has the toothless chelicerae typical of the genus. It can be distinguished by its copulatory organs. The male has a hidden embolus that is shorter than that on the related Langona pilosa. The female has long seminal ducts.
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Description
The spider is large and hairy. The male has a cephalothorax that is between 2.4 and 2.5 mm (0.094 and 0.098 in) in length and 1.7 and 1.8 mm (0.067 and 0.071 in) in width. The carapace is quite high, oval, dark brown and hairy. The black eye field has dense grey hairs and short bristled. The abdomen is also a dark brown oval. It is between 1.9 and 2.6 mm (0.075 and 0.102 in) long and between 1.4 and 2 mm (0.055 and 0.079 in) wide. The underside is a lighter brown. The clypeus has light hairs and the spinnerets dark. The chelicerae are toothless. The legs are light brown and hairy. The pedipalps are brown and very hairy. The pedipalp tibia has a single apophysis, or appendage. The cymbium is short with long dense hairs. The palpal bulb has a triangular lobe at the rear. The embolus is hidden between the bulb and cymbium. It is also long and thin. The female is larger than the male, with a cephalothorax that is typically 2.8 mm (0.11 in) long and 2.3 mm (0.091 in) wide and an abdomen that is 2.6 mm (0.10 in) in length and 2.2 mm (0.087 in) in width. It has similar colours to the male, but there is the hint of stripe down the middle of the abdomen. The epigyne has two narrow depressions. The seminal ducts are long and loop. They become more sclerotized as they go deeper. The receptacles are singular and shaped like a bean. Like other Lagona spiders, the chelicerae are toothless. …
Range & habitat
Langona tortuosa is found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The holotype was found in 1987 in Caprivi, about 26 kilometres (16 mi) west of Kongola, Namibia. It has been found in Matabeleland in Zimbabwe. It has also been identified in South Africa. The first instance to be recorded was in 2009 in the Kruger National Park. The spider is ground-dwelling spider and lives in savanna.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
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