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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Myrmarachne |
| Species: | M. formicaria
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| Myrmarachne formicaria | |
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Aranea joblotii | |
Name
editThe 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
editM. 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Myrmarachne formicaria (De Geer, 1778)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-03
- ^ "ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY - Latin - English". www.online-latin-dictionary.com.
- ^ "Definition of aria | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com.
- ^ 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
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