Myrmarachne formicaria

Myrmarachne formicaria
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Myrmarachne
Species:	M. formicaria
Binomial name
Myrmarachne formicaria (de Geer, 1778) [1]
Synonyms [1]
Aranea joblotii Aranea formicaria Attus formicarius Attus formicoides Salticus formicarius Pyrophorus semirufus Pyrophorus helveticus Pyrophorus siciliensis Attus helveticus Pyrophorus austriacus Saltica formicaria Pyrophorus venetiarum Pyrophorus flaviventris Pyroderes formicarius Pyroderes helveticus Pyroderes semirufus Pyroderes venetiarum Pyroderes flaviventris Toxeus formicarius Myrmarachne jobloti Myrmarachne joblotii

Myrmarachne formicaria is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae). ^[1] It mimics an ant. It is one of the few species in the genus Myrmarachne that is found outside the tropics.

Name

The species name formicaria means "ant-like" in Latin ^{[ citation needed ]} coming from combining the Latin noun "formica" which means ant ^[2] and the Latin suffix "-aria" which is commonly used in scientific naming conventions to denote biological genera and groups ^[3]

Distribution

M. formicaria has a palearctic distribution and has been introduced to the United States. ^[1] It was first recorded in the United States on 16 August 2001 in Trumbull County, Ohio. Since then, it has spread to Pennsylvania and New York. ^[4]

References

1. "Myrmarachne formicaria (De Geer, 1778)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-03
2. "ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY - Latin - English". www.online-latin-dictionary.com.
3. "Definition of aria | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com.
4. Gall, Wayne K.; Edwards, G. B. (21 April 2016). "First records for the jumping spiders Heliophanus kochii in the Americas and Myrmarachne formicaria in New York State (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Peckhamia. 140 (1): 1–7. ISSN   1944-8120 . Retrieved 31 August 2020.

External links

• Media related to Myrmarachne formicaria at Wikimedia Commons