Heratemita is a genus

Genus

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 of the spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Description

Females are about 8 mm long, males 5 to 7 mm. 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.

Species

• Heratemita alboplagiata (Simon, 1899) — Philippines
  Philippines
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• Heratemita chrysozona (Simon, 1899) — Sumatra
  Sumatra
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External links

• Photograph of Heratemita sp.