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Myrmarachne melanocephala

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Species of spider

Myrmarachne melanocephala
female M. melanocephala from Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Myrmarachne
Species: M. melanocephala
Binomial name
Myrmarachne melanocephala
MacLeay, 1839
Synonyms
  • Salticus contractus Karsch, 1880
  • Salticus providens Peckham & Peckham, 1892
  • Myrmarachne providens Simon, 1901

Myrmarachne melanocephala, is a species of spider of the genus Myrmarachne, a genus of ant-mimicking jumping spiders. It is found throughout the countries ranging from Pakistan to Indonesia. Type locality has been recorded as Bengal of British India (present day West Bengal, India).

  • female from Thailand female from Thailand
  • male from India male from India

References

  1. MacLeay, W. S. (1838). "On some new forms of Arachnida". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (7): 11–12. doi:10.1080/00222933809496646, Pl. I, fig. 4. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. "Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. https://threatenedtaxa.org/JoTT/article/view/7500
Taxon identifiers
Myrmarachne melanocephala


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