Heratemita Explained

Heratemita is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Description

Females are about 8mm long, males 5mm7mm. The black carapace is wider than long, very rugose and covered with sparse violet squamose hairs. There are four large white patches near the posterior eyes. The abdomen is elongate and also sparsely covered with violet hairs, with three white longitudinal stripes. The legs are slender and black with yellow-gold marks, except for the very robust frontal pair, which are black with yellow tarsi and metatarsi. The large male chelicerae run parallel and then suddenly diverge at right angles.[1]

Species

As of May 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Murphy. Frances. Murphy. John. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur. 284.
  2. Web site: World Spider Catalog. 2017. Gen. Heratemita Strand, 1932. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum. Bern. 18.0. 30 May 2017.