Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Arachnida Scientific name Cheliceroides longipalpis | Subkingdom Eumetazoa Subphylum Chelicerata Order Araneae Rank Genus | |
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Cheliceroides is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Its single described species is found in China and Vietnam.
The species was described from a single male collected from calcareous rocks in rain forest in Vietnam. However, females have also been found and described.
Description
The described male is about 9 mm long. The chelicerae are very long with odd outgrowths, the legs quite spiny with a more robust and longer frontal pair. The carapace is brown posteriorly, with a chestnut brown eyefield, which is orange red at the edges and fringed with orange and white, squamose hairs. The opisthosoma features a broad brown median stripe with several yellow spots. On the front end of the stripe there are white hairs, elsewhere it is fringed in grey-brown. The legs are brown, except for parts of the last two pairs, which are orange or yellow.