-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Chelicerates Subphylum Chelicerata

-Arachnids (Class Arachnida)

-Spiders Order Araneae

-Typical Spiders (Suborder Araneomorphae)

-Entelegyne Spiders (Infraorder Entelegynae)

-Salticoid Spiders (Superfamily Salticoidea)

-Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)

-Typical Jumping Spiders (Subfamily Salticinae)

-Tribe Dendryphantini

(Subtribe Dendryphantina)

-Long-jawed Jumping Spiders (Genus Hentzia)

These spiders are relatively small but appear elongated compared to many other jumping spiders. They have a narrow body, long legs, and noticeably elongated chelicerae (jaws)—particularly in males, where the jaws may project forward and are sometimes used in courtship displays. Rather than building capture webs, Hentzia species are active visual hunters. They stalk prey carefully and then leap with precision, anchoring themselves with a silk dragline as a safety tether.