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Arachnotermes
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Arachnotermes

Species:
A. termitophilus
Binomial name
Arachnotermes termitophilus
Mello-Leitão, 1928
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1 species

Arachnotermes is a genus of jumping spiders. Its only described species, Arachnotermes termitophilus, is only found in Brazil.

The female of this species has a body length of 2.5 mm. The body is hairy with black erect hairs and small white scales. The general color is white. On the cephalothorax is an arc of white scales. Two large transverse white lines are found on the abdomen. The underside is black.[1]

This species is found in the nests of termites. It was first described from Varginha, Brazil.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Mello-Leitão 1928

References

  • Mello-Leitão, C.F. de (1928): Novas notas arachnologicas. VI-IX. Bol. Mus. nac. Rio-de-Jan 4(3): 49-54.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.