Myrmarachne is a genus of jumping spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

s which imitate an ant by waving their front legs in the air to simulate antennae. Some species also look strikingly like ants.

Spiders in this genus are commonly called "antmimicking spiders", although there are many other spiders that mimic ants

Ant mimicry

Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because they are unpalatable, or aggressive. Thus some other arthropods mimic ants to escape...

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Description

The cephalothorax

Cephalothorax

The cephalothorax is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. The word cephalothorax is derived from the Greek words for head and thorax...

 is elongate, with long chelicerae projecting forward in males. A waist is present on the cephalothorax, and often also on the opisthosoma

Opisthosoma

The opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma . It is a distinctive feature of the subphylum Chelicerata...

. Colors vary from black to yellow, depending on the mimicked ant species. One African species was observed to mimick one species when immature, and another as an adult.

The genus Bocus

Bocus

Bocus is a genus of jumping spiders with three described species. They occur in the Philippines and Borneo and are indistinguishable from the related genus Myrmarachne without the help of a microscope.-Species:...

is so similar to Myrmarachne as to be indistinguishable without the help of a microscope.

Distribution

Myrmarachne mainly occurs in the tropics from Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

 to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, with some species found in the New World

New World

The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...

. A few species, such as the palearctic

Palearctic

The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...

 M. formicaria

Myrmarachne formicaria

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.-Distribution:M. formicaria has a palearctic distribution, and has been introduced to the USA....

, occur in temperate regions. With about 80 described and many undescribed southeast Asian species, it is the most diverse genus of jumping spider in this region.

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...

 myrmex "ant" and arachne "spider".

Species

M. albocincta (C. L. Koch Carl Ludwig Koch Carl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany.Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water... , 1846) — USA M. albosetosa Wanless, 1978 — South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... M. alticeps (Thorell, 1890) — Java Java Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java... M. andrewi Wanless, 1978 — Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world... , Angola Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city... M. andringitra Wanless, 1978 — Madagascar Madagascar The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa... M. angusta (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi Sulawesi Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to... M. annamita Zabka, 1985 — China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... , Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –... M. annandalei Simon Eugène Simon Eugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius.... , 1901 — Malaysia M. assimilis Banks Nathan Banks Nathan Banks was an American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina . He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA... , 1930 — Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... M. attenuata (Karsch Friedrich Karsch Ferdinand Karsch or Karsch-Haack was a German arachnologist, entomologist and anthropologist.... , 1880) — Philippines M. attenuata (O. P-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge The Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Revd George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed their name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848... , 1901) — Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... M. augusta (Peckham & Peckham George and Elizabeth Peckham George Williams Peckham and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachnologists, and entomologists, specializing in animal behavior and in the study of jumping spiders and wasps.-Lives and careers:George Peckham was born in Albany,... , 1892) — Madagascar M. aureonigra Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003 — Malaysia, Singapore M. austriaca (Doleschall Carl Ludwig Doleschall Carl Ludwig Doleschall was born in Nové Mesto nad Váhom , Slovakia , as the son of the theologian Michael Doleschall, and died in Ambon Island, Moluccas, only 31 years old... , 1852) — Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... M. bakeri Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. bamakoi Berland Lucien Berland Lucien Berland was a French entomologist and an arachnologist- Partial list of publications :* 1925 : Faune de France...  & Millot, 1941 — Mali Mali Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with... M. bengalensis Tikader, 1973 — India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... , Andaman Islands Andaman Islands The Andaman Islands are a group of Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal between India to the west, and Burma , to the north and east... M. bicolor (L. Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science... , 1879) — Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... M. bicurvata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... M. bidentata Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. biseratensis Badcock, 1918 — Malaysia M. borneensis Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo Borneo Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia.... M. brasiliensis Mello-Leitão Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, , was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida... , 1922 — Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... M. brevis Xiao, 2002 — China M. calcuttaensis Biswas, 1984 — India M. caliraya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines M. capito (Thorell, 1890) — Java M. centralis (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...  to Panama Panama Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The... M. chapmani Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. chickeringi Galiano, 1969 — Panama M. circulus Xiao & Wang, 2004 — China M. clavigera (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi M. cognata (L. Koch, 1879) — New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... , Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively.... M. collarti Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer Carl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae.... , 1965 — Congo, Uganda Uganda Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by... M. confusa Wanless, 1978 — Angola, São Tomé São Tomé -Transport:São Tomé is served by São Tomé International Airport with regular flights to Europe and other African Countries.-Climate:São Tomé features a tropical wet and dry climate with a relatively lengthy wet season and a short dry season. The wet season runs from October through May while the... M. consobrina Denis, 1955 — Niger Niger Niger , officially named the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east... M. constricta (Blackwall John Blackwall John Blackwall was a British naturalist.Blackwall lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death... , 1877) — Seychelles Seychelles Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar.... M. cornuta Badcock, 1918 — Malaysia, Singapore M. corpuzrarosae Barrion, 1981 — Philippines M. cowani (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Madagascar M. cuneata Badcock, 1918 — Malaysia M. cuprea (Hogg, 1896) — Central Australia Central Australia Central Australia/Alice Springs Region is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory. The term Central Australia is used to describe an area centred on Alice Springs in Australia. It is sometimes referred to as Centralia; likewise the people of the area are sometimes called Centralians... M. debilis (Thorell, 1890) — Java M. decorata Reimoser, 1927 — Sumatra M. diegoensis Wanless, 1978 — Madagascar M. dilatata (Karsch, 1880) — Malawi Malawi The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size... M. dirangicus Bastawade, 2002 — India M. dubia (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Philippines M. dundoensis Wanless, 1978 — Angola, Botswana Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966... M. edentata Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Caroline Islands Caroline Islands The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end... , Mariana Islands Mariana Islands The Mariana Islands are an arc-shaped archipelago made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the north-western Pacific Ocean between the 12th and 21st parallels north and along the 145th meridian east... M. edentula (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Philippines M. edwardsi Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Caroline Islands M. eidmanni Roewer, 1942 — Bioko Bioko Bioko is an island 32 km off the west coast of Africa, specifically Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea with a population of 124,000 and an area of . It is volcanic with its highest peak the Pico Basile at .-Geography:Bioko has a total area of... , Ghana, Ivory Coast, Congo M. electrica (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Madagascar M. elongata Szombathy, 1915 — Africa to Vietnam M. erythrocephala (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland M. eugenei Wanless, 1978 — Madagascar M. eumenes (Simon, 1900) — Madagascar M. evidens Roewer, 1965 — Congo M. exasperans (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Java, Philippines M. exilisata (Huang, 2004) — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. foenisex Simon, 1910 — West, Central Africa M. foreli Lessert, 1925 — Angola, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans... M. formica (Doleschall, 1859) — Amboina M. formicaria Myrmarachne formicaria 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.-Distribution:M. formicaria has a palearctic distribution, and has been introduced to the USA.... (de Geer Charles De Geer Baron Charles de Geer was a Swedish industrialist and entomologist.- Life :... , 1778) — (Palearctic Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone... , introduced to USA) Myrmarachne formicaria tyrolensis (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Central Europe Central Europe Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe... M. formosa Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra, Sulawesi M. formosana (Matsumura, 1911) — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. formosana (Saito, 1933) — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. formosicola Strand Embrik Strand Embrik Strand was an arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula.... , 1910 — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. galianoae Cutler, 1981 — Bolivia Bolivia Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America... M. gedongensis Badcock, 1918 — Malaysia M. gigantea Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam M. giltayi Roewer, 1965 — Congo, Angola, Kenya M. gisti Fox, 1937 — China, Vietnam M. globosa Wanless, 1978 — Angola to Vietnam M. grossa Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003 — Malaysia M. guaranitica Galiano, 1969 — Argentina M. hanoii Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam M. hesperia (Simon, 1887) — Ivory Coast, Ghana M. hidaspis Caporiacco, 1935 — Karakorum Karakorum Karakorum was the capital of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, and of the Northern Yuan in the 14-15th century. Its ruins lie in the northwestern corner of the Övörkhangai Province of Mongolia, near today's town of Kharkhorin, and adjacent to the Erdene Zuu monastery... M. himalayensis Narayan, 1915 — India M. hirsutipalpi Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003 — Malaysia M. hispidacoxa Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003 — Malaysia M. hoffmanni Strand, 1913 — China M. ichneumon (Simon, 1886) — Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar Zanzibar Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba... , South Africa M. imbellis (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the... M. incerta Narayan, 1915 — India M. inermichelis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... , Korea Korea Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... M. inflatipalpis Wanless, 1978 — Botswana, Malawi, South Africa M. insulana Roewer, 1942 — Bioko, Ghana M. iridescens Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. isolata Clark & Benoit, 1977 — St. Helena M. jacobsoni Reimoser, 1925 — Sumatra M. jajpurensis Prószynski, 1992 — India M. japonica (Karsch, 1879) — Russia, China, Korea, Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... , Japan M. jugularis Simon, 1901 — Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... M. kiboschensis Lessert, 1925 — Botswana to Vietnam M. kilifi Wanless, 1978 — Kenya, Tanzania M. kitale Wanless, 1978 — Kenya M. kochi Reimoser, 1925 — Malaysia, Sumatra, Indonesia M. kuwagata Yaginuma, 1967 — China, Korea, Japan M. laeta (Thorell, 1887) — India, Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... , Nias Nias Nīas is an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Nias is also the name of the archipelago, containing the Hinako archipelago.... , China Myrmarachne laeta flava Narayan, 1915 — India Myrmarachne laeta praelonga (Thorell, 1890) — Myanmar Myanmar Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south.... M. lanyuensis (Huang, 2004) — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. laticorseleta (Huang, 2004) — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. laurentina Bacelar, 1953 — Mozambique, South Africa

M. lawrencei Roewer, 1965 — Gabon, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania M. legon Wanless, 1978 — Ghana, Ivory Coast M. leleupi Wanless, 1978 — South Africa M. leptognatha (Thorell, 1890) — Java M. lesserti Lawrence, 1938 — South Africa M. linguiensis Zhang & Song, 1992 — China M. longiventris (Simon, 1903) — Madagascar M. luachimo Wanless, 1978 — Angola M. luctuosa (L. Koch, 1879) — New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales... M. ludhianaensis Sadana & Gupta, 1998 — India M. lugens (Thorell, 1881) — Moluccas M. lugubris (Kulczynski, 1895) — Russia, China, Korea M. lulengana Roewer, 1965 — Congo, Kenya, Botswana M. lulengensis Roewer, 1965 — Congo M. lupata (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland M. luteopalpis (Huang, 2004) — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. macleayana (Bradley, 1876) — Queensland M. macrognatha (Thorell, 1894) — Java M. magna Saito, 1933 — Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... M. mahasoa Wanless, 1978 — Madagascar M. malayana Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003 — Malaysia M. mandibularis (Thorell, 1890) — Java M. manducator (Westwood, 1841) — India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Sumatra M. maratha Tikader, 1973 — India M. markaha Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines M. marshalli Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — Africa M. maxillosa (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Myanmar to China, Philippines, Sulawesi Myrmarachne maxillosa septemdentata Strand, 1907 — China M. mcgregori Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. megachelae Ganesh Kumar & Mohanasundaram, 1998 — India M. melanocephala Macleay Alexander Macleay Hon. Alexander Macleay MLC FLS FRS was a leading member of the Linnean Society and a fellow of the Royal Society.Macleay was born on Ross-shire, Scotland, eldest son of William Macleay, provost of Wick... , 1839 — Asia Asia Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population... M. melanotarsa Myrmarachne melanotarsa Myrmarachne melanotarsa, the dark-footed ant-spider, is an African jumping spider found around Lake Victoria in Africa. Like other spiders in the genus Myrmarachne, these spiders mimic ants, in this case, ants of the Crematogaster genus. However, they are unusual in that they exhibit some form of... Wesolowska & Salm, 2002 — Kenya M. militaris Szombathy, 1913 — West, Central, East Africa M. mocamboensis Galiano, 1974 — Brazil M. moesta (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi M. mussungue Wanless, 1978 — Angola M. myrmicaeformis (Lucas Hippolyte Lucas Pierre-Hippolyte Lucas was a French entomologist.Lucas was an assistant-naturalist at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. From 1839 to 1842 he studied fauna as part of the scientific Commission on the exploration of Algeria.His brother was Prosper Lucas.-Works:*Histoire naturelle des... , 1871) — Algeria Algeria Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab... M. naro Wanless, 1978 — Kenya M. natalica Lessert, 1925 — South Africa M. nemorensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Myanmar M. nigella Simon, 1901 — Philippines M. nigeriensis Wanless, 1978 — São Tomé, Ghana, Nigeria, Angola M. nigra (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi M. nitidissima (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi M. nubilis Wanless, 1978 — Madagascar M. onceana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines M. opaca (Karsch, 1880) — India M. orientales Tikader, 1973 — Pakistan, India, Andaman Islands M. paivae Narayan, 1915 — India M. palladia Denis, 1958 — Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world... M. panamensis Galiano, 1969 — Panama, Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... M. parallela (Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others... , 1798) — West Indies, Nicaragua, Panama M. patellata Strand, 1907 — China M. paviei (Simon, 1886) — Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the... M. peckhami Roewer, 1951 — Madagascar M. pectorosa (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra Myrmarachne pectorosa sternodes (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra M. penicillata Mello-Leitão, 1933 — Brazil M. piercei Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. pinakapalea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines M. pinoysorum Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines M. pisarskii Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 — Caroline Islands M. plataleoides Myrmarachne plataleoides Myrmarachne plataleoides, also called the Kerengga Ant-like Jumper, is a jumping spider that mimics the Kerengga or weaver ant in morphology and behaviour. This species is found in India, Sri Lanka, China and many parts of Southeast Asia.Unlike the weaver ants, M... (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — India, Sri Lanka, China, Southeast Asia Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic... M. platypalpa Bradoo, 1980 — India M. poonaensis Tikader, 1973 — India M. prognatha (Thorell, 1887) — Myanmar M. providens (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — India, Sri Lanka M. pygmaea (Thorell, 1894) — Singapore M. radiata (Thorell, 1894) — Java M. ramosa Badcock, 1918 — Malaysia, Singapore M. ramunni Narayan, 1915 — India, Pakistan M. ransoni Wanless, 1978 — Madagascar M. rhopalota (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar M. richardsi Wanless, 1978 — Ghana M. robusta (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Myanmar M. roeweri Reimoser, 1934 — India M. rufescens (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi M. rufisquei Berland & Millot, 1941 — Senegal M. russellsmithi Wanless, 1978 — Nigeria M. satarensis Narayan, 1915 — India M. schenkeli Peng & Li, 2002 — Hong Kong M. seriatus Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. shelfordi Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo M. simoni (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland M. simonis (Herman, 1879) — Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... , Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... M. simplexella Roewer, 1951 — Madagascar M. solitaria Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa M. spissa (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Sri Lanka M. striatipes Myrmarachne striatipes Myrmarachne striatipes is a jumping spider that mimics an ant. Its body length is around eight millimeters.-References: : , version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.-External links:*... (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland, New South Wales M. sumana Galiano, 1974 — Brazil M. tagalica Banks, 1930 — Philippines M. tayabasana Chamberlin Ralph Vary Chamberlin Ralph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938.... , 1925 — Philippines M. thaii Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam M. topali Zabka, 1985 — Vietnam M. transversa (Mukerjee, 1930) — India M. tristis (Simon, 1882) — Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....  to India M. turriformis Badcock, 1918 — Malaysia M. uelensis Wanless, 1978 — Congo M. uniseriata Narayan, 1915 — India M. uvira Wanless, 1978 — Ghana, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana M. vanessae Wanless, 1978 — Ivory Coast, Tanzania M. vehemens Fox, 1937 — China M. vestita (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar M. volatilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Madagascar, China, Vietnam M. vulgarisa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines M. wanlessi Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003 — Malaysia

Further reading

(2006): Living with the enemy: jumping spiders that mimic weaver ants. The Journal of Arachnology 33: 813–819. PDF (M. assimilis)

External links

• More info on 'Myrmarachne'.
• Photographs of Myrmarachne species
• Ant-mimic Jumping Spiders - Myrmarachne sp. (photographs and description)
• Photographs of M. assimilis
• Photographs of M. bakeri
• Photographs of M. plataleoides
• Photograph of M. formicaria