// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Heradida a headache? Because it's a real pain in the herd.
| Heradida | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Male H. loricata | |
 | |
| Male H. loricata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Heradida Simon[1] |
| Type species | |
| Heradida loricata | |
| Species | |
|
8, see text | |
Heradida is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae with eight African species. It was first described in 1893 by Simon.
Distribution
[edit]Most species are endemic to southern Africa, with one species found in Ethiopia.[1]
Species
[edit]As of September 2025[update], this genus includes eight species:[1]
- Heradida bicincta Simon, 1910 – Namibia, South Africa
- Heradida extima Jocqué, 1987 – South Africa
- Heradida griffinae Jocqué, 1987 – Namibia
- Heradida loricata Simon, 1893 – South Africa (type species)
- Heradida minutissima Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 2015 – Tanzania
- Heradida quadrimaculata Pavesi, 1895 – Ethiopia
- Heradida speculigera Jocqué, 1987 – South Africa
- Heradida xerampelina Benoit, 1974 – South Africa
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Genus Heradida". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
 | This Zodariidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |