Myrmarachne melanocephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Salticoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Salticinae
Clade: Astioida
Tribus: Myrmarachnini
Genus: Myrmarachne
Species: Myrmarachne melanocephala

Name

Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839

Type locality: Bengal

Synonymy

• Myrmarachne orientales Tikader, 1973: 60 (synonymized by Benjamin, 2015b: 2625).
  • Type locality: India, West Bengal, Dhakuria (Calcutta).
    • Holotype: ZSI. male ♂. 03.VI.1958 legit B.K. Tikader.

References

• Macleay, W.S. 1839. On some new forms of Arachnida. Annals of Natural History 2(7): 1-14. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Benjamin, S.P. 2015a. Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History 49(43-44): 2609-2666. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209. . Reference page. 
• Tikader, B.K. 1973b. Studies on some ant-like spiders from India (family: Salticidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science 78(B): 59-67. Reference page. 

Links

• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]