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The Australian funnel-web spiders (family Atracidae), such as the Sydney funnel-web spider Atrax robustus (a mygalomorph spider, not to be confused with the araneomorph funnel-weaver or grass spiders) are regarded as among the most venomous in the world. They react vigorously to threats and, reputedly, will more often attempt to bite than run away.
Pelinobius or the king baboon spider [citation needed] is a monotypic genus of east African tarantulas containing the single species, Pelinobius muticus. It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1885, [ 3 ] and is found in Tanzania and Kenya .
Tanzania is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. [3] They are very small spiders, with body lengths ranging from 1.5 to 3 millimetres (0.059 to 0.118 in).
The recluse spiders (Loxosceles (/ l ɒ k ˈ s ɒ s ɪ l iː z /), also known as brown spiders, fiddle-backs, violin spiders, and reapers, is a genus of spiders that was first described by R. T. Lowe in 1832. [4] They are venomous spiders known for their bite, which sometimes produces a characteristic set of symptoms known as loxoscelism.
This category contains articles about spiders that have an African native distribution, rather than being limited to particular regions or countries in Africa. Spiders native to Africa may also be found in categories covering larger areas: Category:Cosmopolitan spiders – spiders native worldwide
Although the toxicity and aggression of the hobo spider have long been debated, there is little evidence that the hobo spider is a dangerously venomous species. [2] The CDC reported case studies in the 1990s claiming that the hobo spider bite caused isolated cases of necrosis in people, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] but as of 2017, the CDC no longer lists the ...
Tanzania minutus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Tanzania that lives in South Africa and Tanzania. First described in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith, it is a very small spider, which is recalled in its species name, a Latin word meaning small, with a carapace typically 0.8 mm (0.03 in) long and an abdomen between 0.8 and 0.9 mm (0.04 in) long.
L. geometricus (brown button spider) L. rhodesienses (Zimbabwe button spider) L. umbukwane (Phinda button spider) L. geometricus is found in many parts of the world,(including in the United States) and it is known as the brown widow spider. it is unknown where this species' origins are. L. rhodesienses is native to Africa. Both brown button ...