Myrmarachne elongata is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae)[1] that mimics an ant.[2]

Myrmarachne elongata
In Japan
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. elongata
Binomial name
Myrmarachne elongata
Synonyms[1]
  • Myrmarachne coppeti Berland & Millot, 1941
  • Myrmarachne faradjensis Roewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne atra Roewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne abimvai Roewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne dartevellei Roewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne kasaia Roewer, 1965
  • Myrmarachne moto Roewer, 1965

Distribution

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The World Spider Catalog gives the distribution of Myrmarachne elongata as from Africa to Japan.[1] Wesolowska and Russell-Smith suggest that records outside Africa may be mis-identifications.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Taxon details Myrmarachne elongata Szombathy, 1915", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-07-31
  2. ^ a b Wesolowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2011), "Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from southern Nigeria", Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 61 (3): 553–619, doi:10.3161/000345411X603409, S2CID 83517018
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