World Spider Catalog

Genus: Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Myrmarachne nigeriensis Wanless, 1978

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034860

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1975.11.25.1) - (Wanless, 1978a)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 6m 2f - (Wanless, 1978a)
Paratype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1m - (Wanless, 1978a)

Taxonomic References

Myrmarachne nigeriensis Wanless, 1978a: 88, f. 55A-J, 56A-M (Dmf) Original description

Myrmarachne nigeriensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 583, f. 114-120 (mf)

References

Wanless, F. R. (1978a). A revision of the spider genera Belippo and Myrmarachne (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zool.) 33(1): 1-139. doi: 10.5962/p.28732 -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. & Russell-Smith, A. (2011). Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from southern Nigeria. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 61(3): 553-619. doi: 10.3161/000345411X603409 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-10-01	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025	Old value
2022-10-16	Species distribution update	Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022	Old value