#lictor_mirabilis

Lictor mirabilis

Species of jumping spider

Lictor mirabilis is a species of jumping spider in the genus Lictor that lives in the forests of Nigeria. The species was first described in 2011 by Wanda Wesołowska and Russell-Smith. Initially allocated to the genus Thiratoscirtus, the species was moved to its current genus in 2023. The spider is small, with an ovoid cephalothorax that is between 3.3 and 4.1 mm long and a longer, thinner abdomen that is between 2.9 and 5.1 mm long. The spider's carapace, the hard upper part of the cephalothorax, has a clear depression, or fovea, in the middle. The male has generally brown legs while the female's legs are brownish yellow. It can be distinguished from other species in the genus by its unusual copulatory organs. The male has an anvil-shaped protrusion, or apophysis, on its palpal tibia. The female has large translucent cup-like features near the front of its large epigyne and long insemination ducts. The unusual nature of its copulatory organs is recalled in its species name, which is a Latin word that can be translated as "strange".

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