Myrmarachne formicaria

Myrmarachne formicaria
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
Aranea joblotii Aranea formicaria Attus formicarius Attus formicoides Salticus formicarius Pyrophorus semirufus Pyrophorus helveticus Pyrophorus siciliensis Attus helveticus Pyrophorus austriacus Saltica formicaria Pyrophorus venetiarum Pyrophorus flaviventris Pyroderes formicarius Pyroderes helveticus Pyroderes semirufus Pyroderes venetiarum Pyroderes flaviventris Toxeus formicarius Myrmarachne jobloti Myrmarachne 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, and has been introduced to the USA.

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Picture of M. formicaria (Scroll down)