Arachnotermes

Taxobox
name = "Arachnotermes"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Myrmarachninae
tribus = Myrmarachnini
genus = "Arachnotermes"
genus_authority = Mello-Leitão, 1928
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Arachnotermes
diversity = 1 species
species = "A. termitophilus"
binomial = "Arachnotermes termitophilus"
binomial_authority = Mello-Leitão, 1928
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"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.Mello-Leitão 1928]

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

Footnotes

References

* (1928): Novas notas arachnologicas. VI-IX. "Bol. Mus. nac. Rio-de-Jan" 4(3): 49-54.
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".