First discovered in Tanzania, it has also been identified in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Xuriella prima is a small and flattened spider, 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) long.

[1] Xuriella prima was first described from examples found in the Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania in 2000 by Wanda Wesołowska and Anthony Russell-Smith.

[2] Subsequently, the species was also identified in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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