Taxon details

Family: Salticidae / Genus: Myrmarachne

Myrmarachne prava (Karsch, 1880)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-07-29
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048051]
  • Distribution: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Salticus pravus Karsch, 1880, (1536)
Taxonomic references
Salticus pravus Karsch, 1880c: 395 (Dm).
Myrmarachne paivae Narayan, 1915: 403, pl. 32, f. 8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034867].
Salticus pravus Roewer, 1955c: 1649 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium).
Myrmarachne bengalensis Tikader, 1973b: 65, f. 16-18 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034737].
Myrmarachne bengalensis Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 106, f. 198-200 (f).
Myrmarachne prava Benjamin, 2015b: 2634, f. 23A-E, 24A-D, 25A-D, 26A-D, 27A-C, 28A-E (mf, removed from nomen dubium, T from Salticus, S of Myrmarachne bengalensis and M. paivae).
Myrmarachne prava Caleb, 2016c: 414, f. 55-65 (f).
References

Benjamin, S. P. (2015b). Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History 49(43-44): 2609-2666. doi:10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D. (2016c). Taxonomic notes on some ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(4): 403-420. doi:10.15298/arthsel.25.4.09 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1880c). Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I). Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, Dritte Folge 5: 373-409, pl. 12. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Narayan, K. (1915). Notes on ant-like spiders of the family Attidae in the collection of the Indian Museum. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 11: 393-406. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1973b). Studies on some ant-like spiders from India (family: Salticidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science 78(B): 59-67. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. & Biswas, B. (1981). Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 30: 1-149. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Metzner, H. (2019). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2020-09-30 Species distribution update n/a (Old value)
2016-12-22 New taxonomic reference entry Caleb, 2016c n/a
2015-10-29 New taxonomic reference entry Benjamin, 2015b n/a
2015-10-29 Species synonymy Benjamin, 2015b Myrmarachne bengalensis synonymized with Myrmarachne prava
2015-10-29 Species synonymy Benjamin, 2015b Myrmarachne paivae synonymized with Myrmarachne prava
2015-10-29 New taxonomic reference entry Karsch, 1880c n/a
2015-10-29 Species updated Benjamin, 2015b Species epithet corrected (Old value)
2015-10-29 Species transferred to new genus Benjamin, 2015b Species transferred from Salticus to Myrmarachne
2015-10-29 Species updated Benjamin, 2015b New status (Old value)