Myrmarachne morningside

Myrmarachne morningside, is a species of spider of the genus Myrmarachne. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.[1][2] The species was first found from Eastern part of morningside section of Sinharaja Forest Reserve. The species can easily identified by mostly shiny surfaces on distal parts of prosoma. The species is sometimes confused with Myrmarachne spissa, only can be carefully separated from a disk-shaped tegulum.[3]

Myrmarachne morningside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Myrmarachne
Species:
M. morningside
Binomial name
Myrmarachne morningside
Benjamin, 2015

References

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  1. ^ "Myrmarachne morningside Benjamin, 2015". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  2. ^ Benjamin, Suresh P. (2015). "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. S2CID 86173142.
  3. ^ "Not quite an ant…". Sundayobserver.lk. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.