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  6. ›Typical Spiders
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  10. ›Typical Jumping Spiders
  11. ›Ant-like Jumping Spiders
  12. ›Ligonipedina
  13. ›Damoetas
Herdsman Ant Mimic
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Herdsman Ant Mimic

Damoetas nitidus

Damoetas is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders. As of 2017, it contains only one species, Damoetas nitidus. It was first described in 1886 by Peckham & Peckham. Two species that were once in this family, Damoetas christae and Damoetas galianoae have since been moved to Myrmavola.

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