Myrmarachne melanocephala

Myrmarachne melanocephala
female M. melanocephala from Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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[1]
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.[2] Type locality has been recorded as Bengal of British India (present day West Bengal, India).[3]

References

  1. ^ MacLeay, W. S. (1838). "On some new forms of Arachnida". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (7): 11โ€“12. doi:10.1080/00222933809496646. โ€“ for image, see Pl. I, fig. 4.
  2. ^ "Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  3. ^ Kumar, Rahul; Sharma, Mirtunjay; Sharma, Ajay Kumar (2021). "New record of Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Jharkhand, India and biogeographical implications of the co-occurrence of its ant model Tetraponera rufonigra Jerdon, 1851". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (12): 19753โ€“19761. doi:10.11609/jott.7500.13.12.19753-19761.