Myrmarachne elongata

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Myrmarachne elongata
Jumping spider (Myrmarachne elongata) in Japan.jpg
In Japan
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Myrmarachne
Species:
M. elongata
Binomial name
Myrmarachne elongata
Szombathy, 1915 [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Myrmarachne coppetiBerland & Millot, 1941
  • Myrmarachne faradjensisRoewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne atraRoewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne abimvaiRoewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne dartevelleiRoewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne kasaiaRoewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne motoRoewer, 1965

Myrmarachne elongata is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) [1] that mimics an ant. [2]

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Distribution

The World Spider Catalog gives the distribution of Myrmarachne elongata as from Africa to Japan. [1] Wesolowska and Russell-Smith suggest that records outside Africa may be mis-identifications. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Taxon details Myrmarachne elongata Szombathy, 1915", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-07-31
  2. 1 2 Wesolowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2011), "Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from southern Nigeria", Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 61 (3): 553–619, doi:10.3161/000345411X603409, S2CID   83517018