| Myrmarachne spissa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Myrmarachne |
| Species: | M. spissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmarachne spissa (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) | |
Myrmarachne spissa is a species of spider of the family Salticidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. [1]
Myrmarachne is a genus of ant-mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by W. S. MacLeay in 1839. They are commonly called antmimicking spiders, but they are not the only spiders that have this attribute. The name is a combination of Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (myrmex), meaning "ant", and ἀράχνη (arachne), meaning "spider".
Bocus is a genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders that was first described by George Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1892. As of June 2019 it contains only three species, found only in the Philippines and Indonesia: B. angusticollis, B. excelsus, and B. philippinensis. They are indistinguishable from the related genus Myrmarachne without the help of a microscope.
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Panachraesta is a monotypic genus of Sri Lankan jumping spiders containing the single species, Panachraesta paludosa. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900, and is only found in Sri Lanka. Until 2016, it was a synonym of Myrmarachne.
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Myrmarachne uniseriata is a species of spider of the genus Myrmarachne. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, the species was found in the Ethagala range of Kurunegala District. The species can easily identified by the reddish orange-coloured carapace and dorsally flat chelicerae of male.
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Myrmarachne morningside, is a species of spider of the genus Myrmarachne. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The species was first found from Eastern part of morningside section of Sinharaja Forest Reserve. The species can easily identified by mostly shiny surfaces on distal parts of prosoma. The species is sometimes confused with Myrmarachne spissa, only can be carefully separated from a disk-shaped tegulum.
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Hermosa is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 1892 by George and Elizabeth Peckham. As of 2019, it contains 7 species.
Myrmarachne elongata is a species of jumping spider that mimics an ant.
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