Myrmarachne formicaria
| Myrmarachne formicaria | |
|---|---|
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| male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmarachninae |
| Genus: | Myrmarachne |
| Species: | M. formicaria |
| Subspecies: | M. f. tyrolensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmarachne formicaria (de Geer, 1778) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aranea joblotii | |
Myrmarachne formicaria is a jumping spider that mimics an ant. It is one of the few species in genus Myrmarachne that is found outside the tropics.
Name
The species name formicaria means "ant-like" in Latin.
Distribution
M. formicaria has a palearctic distribution, has been introduced to the USA, and has been found in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada as of 2015.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Myrmarachne formicaria. |
- Picture of M. formicaria (Scroll down)