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Madagascarchaea gracilicollis

Madagascarchaea gracilicollis is a member of the family Archaeidae, assassin spiders. It is merely 2 mm long and catches other spiders with venomous fangs at the end of its hugely elongated jaws (chelicerae).

These animals normally run upside down.

Etymology

From Latin gracilis "slender" and collum "neck".

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madagascar.

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