A revision of the crab spider genus Heriaeus Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Thomisidae) in the Afrotropical Region Author Niekerk, P. van Author Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S. text African Invertebrates 2013 2013-11-14 54 2 447 447 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.054.0213 journal article 10.5733/afin.054.0213 2305-2562 7918661 Heriaeus latifrons Lessert, 1919 Figs 7 , 34 , 59 Heriaeus latifrons : Lessert 1919: 137 , pl. 2, figs 1, 9 ( ♀ ); Loerbroks 1983: 131 . Diagnosis: It resembles other species with spiniform abdominal setae but differs from them in the shape of the epigyne, which is distinct in having a flat, oval hood that is raised posteriorly ( Fig. 34 ). Male unknown. Redescription: Female ( lectotype ). Size : TL 5.19, CL 2.31, CW 2.13. Colour : Carapace with two longitudinal brown stripes extending to PEs, medially with three irregular white lines between brown bands ( Fig. 7 ); sternum yellow; endites and labium mottled with white; clypeus and chelicerae yellow-brown; eye region white and eye tubercles grey. Abdomen with dorsum white; abdominal setae transparent; venter white. Legs yellow-brown, bearing transparent setae. Palp yellow-brown. Carapace : Eye measurements :AME–AME 0.21, ALE–AME 0.18, PME–PME 0.16, PLE–PME 0.29, AME–PME 0.17, MOQL AME–PME 0.24, MOQAW AME–AME 0.30, MOQPW PME–PME 0.27. Leg measurements : leg I Fe 2.17, Pat 0.84, Tib 1.66, Mt 1.85, Ta 0.90, total 7.42; leg II Fe 1.81, Pat 0.89, Tib 1.46, Mt 1.38, Ta 0.67, total 6.21; leg III Fe 0.98, Pat 0.67, Tib 0.77, Mt 0.69, Ta 0.37, total 3.48; leg IV Fe 1.00, Pat 0.77, Tib 1.12, Mt 0.79, Ta 0.50, total 4.18. Abdomen : Round; bearing transparent long spiniform setae; venter with fine hairs; laterally with brown striae. Epigyne : Hood oval and flat, raised posteriorly, with lateral extensions; internal genitalia visible as pear-shaped structures; two small dark marks posteriorly indicate the position of fertilization tubes ( Fig. 34 ). Lectotype (designated here): ♀ TANZANIA : Ngare na nyuki, near Arusha ( 3.15°S 36.85°E ), De Lessert ( MNHG ). Paralectotype : ♀ same data as lectotype . Distribution: Tanzania ( Fig. 59 ). Natural history: Unknown.