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

Description

Females are about long, males . 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

As of May 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus: * '' Heratemita alboplagiata'' (Simon, 1899) – Philippines * '' Heratemita chrysozona'' (Simon, 1899) –

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* '' Heratemita tenenbaumi'' Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012 – Sumatra

References

External links

Photograph of ''Heratemita'' sp.
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1442526 Arthropods of the Philippines Salticidae genera Taxa named by Embrik Strand Spiders of Asia Salticidae