Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Salticidae Scientific name Microheros termitophagus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Subfamily Aelurillinae Rank Species | |
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Microheros is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with only one described species, M. termitophagus, which occurs in Transvaal and Zimbabwe in Southern Africa. It is unusual in feeding on termites; related genera, for example Aelurillus, feed on ants.
Name
The genus name is combined from micro (Greek μικρός for "small") and heroes for "hero". The species name is Greek for "feeding on termites".
References
Microheros Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA