Salticus latidentatus is a species of jumping spider that occurs in Russia, Mongolia and China, reaching into South China. The female is about four mm long. The carapace of the female is dark reddish brown anteriorly and somewhat lighter on the thorax. The greyish-white abdomen is oval and about twice as long as broad. The legs bear long black and white stripes.[1]

Salticus latidentatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Salticus
Species:
S. latidentatus
Binomial name
Salticus latidentatus
Roewer, 1951
Synonyms
  • Epiblemum latidens
  • Salticus latidens
  • Salticus potanini

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 279

References edit

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.