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The male's abdomen is smaller than its carapace, measuring between 0.6 and 0.7 mm long and typically {{convert|0.5|mm|in|abbr=on|2}} wide. The top has three wide brown stripes on a yellowish-orange background. There are also narrow brown stripes on its sides. There are long brown bristles on the front of the abdomen. The spider has short dark [[spinneret]]s. Its yellow [[Arthropod leg|legs]] are marked with dark rings. It has relatively large yellow [[pedipalp]]s. The [[Cymbium (spider anatomy)|cymbium]] is slightly larger than the [[palpal bulb]]. Both are oval. There is a meandering sperm duct inside the bulb and a relatively small thin looping [[Embolus (spider anatomy)|embolus]] that sticks out of the top which is accompanied with an additional spike. It is the way that embolus forms a loop, and that is is particularly thin, that helps distinguish the spider from the Table Mountain Tanzania Jumping Spider.{{sfn|Wesołowska|Azarkina|Russell-Smith|2014|pages=44–45}}
The copulatory openings lead to short seminal ducts and spherical [[spermatheca]]e, or receptacles. There are accessory [[gland]]s in the walls of the spermathecae. It is these spherical spermathecae that help identify the species.{{sfn|Wesołowska|Azarkina|Russell-Smith|2014|pages=44–45}}
==Distribution and habitat==
Initially all ''Tanzania'' spiders were identified in Tanzania.{{sfn|Koçak|Kemal|2008|page=3}} The genus is now considered to live across tropical Africa.{{sfn|Wesołowska|Azarkina|Russell-Smith|2014|page=44}} ''Tanzania parvulus'' is [[Endemism|endemic]] to South Africa.<ref name=wsc/> It has been found in [[KwaZulu-Natal]] and [[Limpopo]]. The first specimen to be described was found in [[eMakhosini Ophathe Heritage Park]] in 2008 at an altitude of {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}} [[Height above mean sea level|above sea level]]. Other examples have been found at altitudes of {{convert|820|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The spider thrives in [[Afromontane]] forest, being found amongst [[Plant litter|leaf litter]].{{sfn|Wesołowska|Azarkina|Russell-Smith|2014|page=44}}
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