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Monograph of the Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2015. Introduction to alternative classification of Salticidae
Classification of the Salticidae genera of the World
group of genera
MYRMARACHNINES
by Jerzy Prószyński

Version December 31st, 2015
Note on illustrations. This introduction to classification of Salticidae includes only species defined by diagnostic illustrations in the taxonomic literature, arranged by similarities of embolus and spermophor. Images are displayed as thumbnails to save space and allow for rapid scanning of theoretically closely-related species. Thumbnails are small versions of illustrations in other parts of the monograph, whera are displayed together with particulars of their sources and permissions.

Gen. Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 (103 species)
- genus restricted now to Myrmarachne tristis and formicaria groups of species described by Wanless 1978a,
species from other groups are now transferred to newly delimited genera Toxeus gen. n., Myrmage gen. n., Myrmagua gen. n.,
Myrmanu gen. n., Myrmapana gen. n., Myrmapeni gen. n., Myrmaplata gen. n., Myrmatheca gen. n., Myrmavola gen. n.,
Myrmele gen. n., see also genera and Belippo and Emertonius.

Type species Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839 from India, redesignated by Edwards & Benjamin [2009: 2309: 5].
DIAGNOSIS. Correspond with general characteristics of MYRMARACHNINES, which includes differences from several other ant-mimicking groups of Salticidae by exceptional "pipes-like" sclerotized spermathecae, stretching parallel along median axis of epigyne. Copulatory ducts, invisible without staining, make large membranous coils, running from almost indiscernible slit-like copulatory openings, pressed to median septum of epigyne, towards posterior end of spermathecae, near posterior rim of epigyne. Males have oval, or almost circular bulbus, encircled with coils of embolus inside semitranslucent sheath. Spermophor broad, runs along margin of bulbus, making additional loop, small and thin, before entering embolus. Tibial apophysis (RTA) short, twisted corkscrew-like, or straight. Male chelicerae usually disproportionately long, with row of individual tiny teeth along internal posterior edge, fang is very long. For details see drawings (below).
More detailed features include transversal detour in anterior one third of length of spermathecal “pipes”, twisted into loop, knot, or double spiral. In males bulbus with additional thin loop of spermophor in the center, tibial apophysis short, twisted screw like, with developed flange, chelicerae oversized, their length variable even within the same species. Body variable, always with pedicel visible, constrictions of carapace and abdomen in males variable, in females less pronounced. Drawings below are integral part of the definition.
REMARKS. Usage of the name Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 is now restricted to the tristis and formicaria groups of species, described by Wanless 1978a. Delimited in this way, the genus contains now 103 identifiable species distributed in warm areas of Asia, Africa, Australia, as well as in Central and South America, one species occurs in Europe and has recently appeared in North America. Distributional centers of the genus are in SE Asia and tropical Africa.
REMARKS ON NEOTYPE. Edwards & Benjamin [2009: 2309: 5] replaced lost type specimen with the neotype they have designated - the specimen from the Calcutta Botanical Garden collected in 1973, kept in the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Following their working philosophy ".. many well known species are easily recognized by their overall habitus, and we are of the opinion that this is true for M. melanocephala as well" [Edwards & Benjamin, 2012, No 2309, P. 10-11] they created four new synonyms, specimens of which they use for description of neotype, together with fresh specimen from geographically distant location, but they have failed to describe and document the neotype specimen itself. The drawing of male palps (Figs 212-213) are made from an old specimen from Sri Lanka, two drawings of epigyne (Figs 191-192) belongs to two different species, internal structure of one of these is incompatible with supposed synonym M. ramosa (Figs 189-190), the photographs of old and new specimens from different locations do not support alleged conspecificity. They failed to provide documentation of fresh specimens from the terra typica (Calcutta Botanical Garden) they designated, interpretation of geographical area of the species is based in part on misidentified specimens and conclusions based on "geographical proximity (Pakistan, Bintang Isl.)" of unchecked specimens. Because of lack of necessary documentation and obvious misidentifications, the synonymy of M. melanocephala with Salticus contractus Karsch, 1880; S. providens Peckham and Peckham, 1892; M. ramosa Badcock, 1918 and M. lateralis Badcock, 1918 should be considered void, the neotype specimen itself should be redescribed and documented.
Edwards created a large collection of Salticidae in Gainesville, FL, containing not less than 24 species of Myrmarachne s.l. [ Prószyński 2014], however, did not use it to publish any diagnostic drawing (palps or epigyne) or photographs.

Figs 186-213. Diagnostic characters of Myrmarachne. Myrmarachne cornuta (195-196, 201-202, 209-210), M. glavisi (193-194, 199, 211-212), M. melanocephala (190-191, 212-213), M. sp. misidentified as melanocephala (192), M. ramosa (188-189, 203-204, 207-208), M. tristis (186-187, 200, 205-206), 205-213 - palps, ventral and lateral views; 200, 203-204 - male chelicera; 186, 188, 191-193, 196 - epigyne, ventral view; 187, 189-190, 194-195 - internal structures of epigynw; 213 - sternum. 193-194, 199, 211 - from Bali, 186-187, 197, 200, 205-206 - from Israel; 188-189, 203-204, 207-208 - from Peninsula Malaya; 190-192, 212-213 - from Sri Lanka; 186-187, 200, 205-206 - after Prószyński [2003]. 190-192, 212-213 - after Edwards & Benjamin [2009],©2009 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
Species of special interest
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Myrmarachne melanocephala [collective "neotype specimen"] +b) male +c) female {2 species mixed up} +d-e) male & female from Sri Lanka +f) mistaken synonymy M. ramosa-melanocephala : Edwards, Benjamin 2009. Zootaxa 2309: 5, f 1-5. ©Magnolia Press + f) Prószyński on line. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne ramosa +b) 2 sp from Singapore : Edmunds, Proszynski 2003. Bull. British Arach. Society. 12 (7): 301,
figs 8-29 +b)© Photo H.K. Tang. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne tristis : Proszynski. Ann. zool., 2003, 51, 3: 108, figs 446-452. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne acromegalis :Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 503-507, f 2A–F, 3A–E, 41C–F. ©Magnolia Press [conspecificity of specimens from Borneo and Thailand improbable!!!]. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne annamita +b) COMPARISON +c) angusta +d) acutidens : Zabka 1985. Annales zoologici, 39, 11: 243-244, ff. 306-313 + Huang J. 2004. ... from Taiwan. MSc Thesis, on line. 2004: 12-, t 4 +b) UNPROVEN SYNONYMY of M. annamita and M. angusta proposed by Yamasaki 2012b - can not be accepted because of substandard quality of documentation, (especially spermathecae!) +c) Yamasaki T. 2012b. Sulawesi. Ann. Mus. civ. Stor. nat., Genova 104:155-158, f 2-12 +d) Yamasaki, Edwards 2013. Flores. ZooKeys 299: 3-7, f 2–19. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne assimilis : Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 510-512, f 6A–H, 7A–F. 2013 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne balinese + glavisi + jacksoni +b) bamakoi :Prószyński,Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010. Arthropoda selecta, 19(3): 176, f 23-124 +b)Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), London, 33, (1): ff. 43 a-g.By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne bellicosa +b) biseratensis +c) calcuttaensis : Peckham E.G. 1892. 32, plate 2, figs 11 +b) Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 512-514, f 8A–G, 9A–F. © 2013 Magnolia Press +c) Biswas B. 1984. Bull. Zool. Surv. India 6: 126-127, figs 17-19.By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne chapmani +b) clavigera +c) collarti +d) ) confusa : Type specimen - by an Artist at IRRI + sketches of palpal organ - by Proszynski +b) Yamasaki 2012b. 104: 161-163, f 20-27 +c) Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.). 33, (1): 49, f. 24 a-h, plate 1e-f +d) 46, f 23 a-h ..By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne constricta +b) contracta+providens +c) corpuzrarosae +d) cowani :Wanless 1983a. Ann. Mus. roy. Afr. centr.,
8. 241: 24-27, ff. 7a-g, 8a-c. 23-124 +b) M. providens (D-F) and M. providens (considered synonyms of M. melanocephala): Edwards, Benjamin 2009. Zootaxa 2309: 5, f 1. © 2013 Magnolia Press +c) Barrion, 1991: 144, f. 2a-j, 3a-g +d) Wanless 1978a.
Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.): 33, (1): figs 44A-E; 45A-G. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne cornuta : Edmunds, Proszynski 2003. Bull. British Arachn. Soc. 12 (7): figs 30-39 + Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013.
Zootaxa 3710 (6): 518-520, f 13A–G, 14A–F. © 2013 Magnolia Press + © Photo H. K. Tang.By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne cyrtodens +b) dundoensis : Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 521-522, f 6A–G. © 2013 Magnolia P +b) Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), London, 33, (1): 82-84, f 51a-i, 52a-e, t. 5a-b.By courtesy.
Myrmarachne endoi : Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 521-522, f 6A–G. © 2013 Magnolia P. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne dubia : Peckhams 1892. Occ. Pap. Nat. Hist. Soc. Wisc., 2 (1): 29, T. 2, F. 4 + Type specimen - sketch of palpal organ by Proszynski & body by an Artist at IRRI, Los Banos. Prószyński, Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010. Arthropoda selecta, 19(3): 176, f 23-124 +b) Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), London, 33, (1): ff. 43 a-g.By courtesy.
Myrmarachne edentata : Berry, Beatty, Proszynski 1996. J. Arachn.. 24(3): figs 84-90. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne edentula : Peckham Peckham 1892: 31, illustrations plate 2, fig. 5 23-124 + Type specimen - sketch of epigynum by Proszynski & body by an Artist at IRRI, Los Banos. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne edwardsi : Berry, Beatty, Proszynski 1996. J. Arachn.. 24(3): 241-242, f 97-102. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne eidmanni +b) elongata : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 39, f 17A-H 50-54
,+b) f 25A-F; 26A-H; 27A-I; 28A-I + Szombathy 1915c. 13: 475, f 6 + Wesołowska, Russel-Smith.61(3): 582-583, f 99-102.
Myrmarachne macrognatha : Yamasaki, Edwards 2013. Flores. ZooKeys 299: 7-11, f 20-32. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne evidens +b) foenisex +c) inflatipalpis : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), London, 33, (1):42-43, f 20a, h-i, 21d, f, i, 22a, d +b) 60-61, figs 33A-G + Wesołowska, Russel-Smith 2011: Ann. zool. 61(3): 583, f 103-110 +c) Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.): 33, (1): figs 59a, c, f-g, 60a, c, e-g. . By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne foreli +b) formosana +c) formicaria : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 85-86, f 53A-L
+b) Huang J. 2004: 19-23, t 7-8 +c) Zabka. 1997. Fauna Polski 19: 5-187, figs 189-200 + ©Photo J. Lissner. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne formosicola +b) giltayi: Huang J. 2004: 24-28, t 9-10 +b) Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 82-84, f 51a-i, 52a-e, t. 5a-b + Wesolowska, Wiśniewski, 2015. Zootaxa, 3980(4): 556, f. 34-38. © Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne gigantea +b) COMPARISON OF FALSE SYNONYMY (M. gigantea contra c)Myrma maxillosa - note entirely different spermathecae) : Zabka 1985. Ann. zool., 39, 11: 244-245, ff. 318-327 +b) Zabka 1985 contra c)Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 538-541, f 30A–G, 31A–E, 42A–F. © 2013 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne gisti +b) hanoii : Logunov 1993b. Arthropoda Selecta, 2(1): 51, tab. 1a-c. + Song et al., 1999: 535, figs 304N-P, 305A-B +b) Zabka 1985. Ann. zool., 11: 246, ff. 332-336 + Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 526-528, f 20A–G, 21A–D. © 2013 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne hesperia +b) ichneumon +c) imbellis +d) insulana: Wesołowska, Edwards 2012. Ann. zool.: 62(4): 753-755, f 70–76 +b) Wesołowska, Haddad 2009. African Invertebrates, 50(1): 58-60, 105-110 +c) Peckham 1892. 2 (1) : 36, t. 2, f. 10 +d) Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.): 33, (1): figs 19A-C, F. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne inermichelis +b) isolata : Bohdanowicz A., Proszynski J. 1987. Ann. zool., 41, 2: f 160-166.
+b) Clark, Benoit, 1977. Annls Mus. royal. afriq. centr. (Zool.-Ser. 8), 220: figs 35a-d, 36a-b. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne iridescens +b) mcgregori : a + b Type specimen sketches by J. Proszynski and an Artist at IRRI, Los Banos.
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Myrmarachne japonica : Proszynski J. 1973b. Ann. zool., 30: ff. 59-60 (Type specimen) +Ono, Ikeda, Kono.
Salticidae of Japan. 2009: 564, f 31-35 +©Photo Akio Tanikawa. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne kiboschensis +b) lanyuensis +c) luteopalpis : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 78-80, figs 47A-G; 48A-K + Proszynski J. 1992b. Ann. zool., 44, 9: 187-188, figs 93-98 + Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008. J. Afrotr. Zool., 4: 28, f 107-111 + Huang 2004. 2004: 32-33, t 12 +b) 34-36, t 13 +c) 41-443 t 16. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne kitale +b) kuwagata : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 59b, d-e,h-i, 60b, d, h-m +b) Yaginuma 1986a.: 243, f. 134.3 + Bohdanowicz, Proszynski 1987. Ann. zool. 41, 2: 98, ff. 167-171. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne lambirensis +b) nigra : Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 529-531, f 22A–G, 23A–F. © 2013 Magnolia Press +b) Yamasaki 2012b. 104: 167-169, f 36-41.
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Myrmarachne luachimo +b) moesta Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): figs 14c-e, g, 15b-e, h, 1 a-c, g +b) 32-33, figs 10b-d, g, j, 11d, g, j, k, 12c-d, f, i. + Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008. J. Afrotr. Zool., 4: 28, f 112-114 +b) Yamasaki 2012b. 104: 165-167, f 32-35.
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Myrmarachne lesserti Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.),33, (1): figs 68A, C, D, F; 69A, B, E-G + Lawrence, R. F., 1938. Ann. Natal Mus., 8 (3): 521-523, figs 39a-c.
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Myrmarachne leleupi +b) legon : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 105-106, figs 66A, F, I, 67B-C + b) 80-82, figs 49a-b, e, 50b, d-e, g, i. +b) 78-80, figs 47A-G; 48A-K + Zabka 1985. Ann. zool. 39, 11: ff. 342-348 (IS THIS CONSPECIFIC?). By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne lugubris : Proszynski 1979. Ann. zool., 34: 313-314, figs 222-223 + Proszynski 1987. Atlas ... : 26 +Zabka 1985. 39, 11: ff. 349-358 + Logunov., Wesolowska 1992. Ann. Zool. Fennici, 29: figs 21-23. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne lawrencei: Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.): 33, (1): figs 10b-d, g, j, 11d, g, j, k, 12c-d, f, i + Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology, 4: 28, f 112-114 +Wesolowska, Wiśniewski, 2015. Zootaxa, 3980(4): 558, f. 39-43.© Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne lulengensis +b) lulengana: Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist.(Zool.), 33, (1): figs 29a-i +b) 33-36, figs 12g, j,-l, 13a-h + Wesołowska, Haddad 2009. Afr. Invert., 50(1): 61-63, f 115-120 + Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008. J. Afrotr. Zool., 4: 30-32, 115-119. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne macrognatha: Yamasaki, Edwards 2013. Flores. ZooKeys 299: 11-15, f 33–45. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne richardsi +b) mussungue +c) marshalli : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist.(Zool.), 33, (1): 61-63, ff. 35a-h +b) ff. 19d-e, g, j +b) 67-69 , f 39A-G. +b) Wesolowska, Cumming 2008. Ann. zool. 58: 197-199, f. 92-97. + Wesołowska, Haddad 2009. Afr. Invert., 50(1): 63-64, 121-123.+ Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008. J. Afrotr. Zool., 4: 30-32, 115-119 +c) Peckhams 1892. 1892. 2 (1): pl. 2, f. 6. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne melanotarsa +b) robusta: Wesolowska, Salm 2002. Genus, Wroclaw, 13(3): 409-415, figs 1-16 + ©Photo R.R. Jackson +b) Peckham 1892. 2 (1): 27, T. 2, F. 2.
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Myrmarachne militaris +b) cf. melanocephala [?]: Szombathy 1913: 33 , 56 f. 9 + .Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist.(Zool.), 33, (1): 30-32, f 10A, E-F, H-I, 11A, E, 12A-B, E, H + Wesołowska, Tomasiewicz, 2008. J. Afrotr. Zool., 4: 32, 120-124 +b) Yamasaki, Edwards 2013. Flores. ZooKeys 299: 15-19, 46-58. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne naro +b) natalica +c) nigeriensis [?]: Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): ff. 21b, e, g, j, 22b, e, g +b) 39-40, ff. 18A-E +c) 88-89, ff. 55a-j + Wesołowska, Russel-Smith 2011: Ann. zool. 61(3): 583-585, f 114-120. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne nitidissima +b) onceana +c) opaca +d) palladia : Yamasaki 2012b. 104: 169-171, f 42-48 +b) sketches of palpal organ - by J. Proszynski +Barrion, Litsinger 1995. IRRI: 58-61, figs 25a-j +c) Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 546-547, f 36A–G. © 2013 Magnolia Press +d) Logunov, Zamanpoore 2005. Bull. British arachn. Soc. 13(6): 223-224, f 15-17. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne piercei +b) pinakapalea +c) pinoysorum +d) seriatis +e) robusta : Type specimen - sketch of palpal organ - by J. Proszynski + .Artist at IRRI, Los Banos +b) sketch of palpal organ - by J. Proszynski + Barrion, Litsinger 1995. IRRI: 54, figs 22a-g +c) sketch of palpal organ - by J. Proszynski + Barrion, Litsinger 1995. IRRI: 61, figs 26a-h +d) sketch of palpal organ - by J. Proszynski + Artist at IRRI, Los Banos. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne pisarskii : Proszynski in Berry, Beatty, Proszynski 1996. J. Arach. 24(3): 240, figs 91-96. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne platypalpa +b) robusta : Bradoo B.L. 1980. Curr. Sci. (Bangalore), 49 (10): 387, f. 1-8 +b) Peckham, Peckham 1892. Occ. Pap. Nat. Hist. Soc. Wisc., 2 (1): 27, T. 2, F. 2. By courtesy..
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Myrmarachne rufisquei +b) russellsmithi : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 55-56, ff. 30a-c +b) 92-93, ff. 58a-h. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne solitaria : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33, (1): 55-56, ff. 46 a-l + Wesolowska, Haddad 2009. Maputaland, S. Africa. African Invertebrates, 50(1): 65, 124-126. By courtesy.By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne rufescens +b) sabahna : Yamasaki 2012b. 104: 171-173, f 49-54 +b) Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 547-549, f 37A–G, 38A–F. © 2013 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne smaragdina : ©Photo. R. Whyte. By courtesy. REMARK. An Australian species associated with ant Oecophylla smaragdina, just like Indian Myrmaplata plataleoides, however by structure of spermatheca it is a true Myrmarachne.
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Myrmarachne topali +b) [comparison with a misidentified sp] +c) uvira : Zabka 1985. Ann. zool., 39, 11: 419, ff. 364-367 +b) FALSE SYNONYMY by Yamasaki & Ahmad 2013: F M. topali from Vietnam & F M. hanoi from either Borneo or Sumatra. [Drawings 1 & 3 by Żabka 1985, 2 by Yamasaki 2013].+c) 86-88, ff. 54a-m + Wesolowska, Russel-Smith. 2000.Tropical Zoology, 13 (1): 73, figs 192-195 + Ann. zool. 61(3): 585, f 121-123. By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne vanessae +b) vulgaris[a] +c) uelensis : Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33 (1): ff. 57a-l +b) Wesolowska W., A. Russel-Smith. 2000.Tr. Zool., 13 (1): 73-75, figs 196-199 +b) Barrion A.T., Litsinger J. A. 1995. IRRI. Pp. 53, figs 23a-h +c) Wanless 1978a. Bull. brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Zool.), 33 (1): ff. 49c-d, f-g, 50a, c, f, h.. . By courtesy.
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Myrmarachne markaha : Barrion, Litsinger 1995: 51-54, figs 20a-h, 21a-h + Proszynski 2003 Internet - sketches of palpal organ (Paratype) + Yamasaki, Ahmad 2013. Zootaxa 3710 (6): 536-538, f 28A–G, 29A–F. © 2013 Magnolia Press. By courtesy.
Myrmarachne tamsuiensis : Yamasaki, 2013. Acta Arachnologica 62(1): 29-31, f 1-13. By courtesy.

Myrmarachne species unclassified because diagnostic drawings are unclear.

Myrmarachne maratha Tikader, 1973, M. orientales Tikader, 1973, M. poonaensis Tikader, 1973, M. schenkeli Peng X., Li S., 2002, M. striatipes (Koch L., 1879).

Myrmarachne species unclassified because females are unknown and spermophor is not visible on drawings

Myrmarachne bicolor (Koch L., 1879), M. bakeri Banks, 1930, M. bidentata Banks, 1930, M. caliraya Barrion, Litsinger, 1995, M. crassembola Yamasaki, Ahmad, 2013, M. dilatata (Karsch, 1880), M. linguiensis Zhang Y, Song D., Zhu M., 1992, M. myrmicaeformis (Lucas, 1869), M. nigella Simon, 1901, M. opaca (Karsch, 1880) , M. tagalica Banks, 1930, M. thaii Zabka, 1985.

Myrmarachne species "inquirenda" - unclassified because lack of diagnostic drawings
(but specimens are preserved in the collections), or their drawings are not allowed to be displayed here.

Myrmarachne aenescens Simon, 1901 , M. alticeps (Thorell, 1890), Myrmarachne aurea Ceccarelli, 2010; M. bengalensis Tikader, 1973, M. bicurvata (Pickard-Cambridge O., 1869), M. brevis Xiao X., 2002, M. capito (Thorell, 1890), M. cognata (Koch L., 1879), M. consobrina Denis, 1955, M. debilis (Thorell, 1892), M. decorata Reimoser, 1927, M. denticulata (Karsch, 1880), M. dirangicus Bastawade, 2002, M. erythrocephala (Koch L., 1879), , M. exultans Caporiacco, 1949, M. formosa (Thorell, 1892), M. furcata (Karsch, 1880), M. gurgulla Ceccarelli, 2010, M. hidaspis Caporiacco, 1935, M. hoffmanni , M. hidaspis , M. hoffmanni Strand, 1913 , M. jacobsoni Reimoser, 1925, M. jugularis (Simon, 1900), M. kochi Reimoser, 1925 , M. laeta (Thorell, 1887), M. leptognatha (Thorell, 1890), M. luctuosa (Koch L., 1879), M. ludhianensis Sadana, Gupta, 1998, M. lupata (Koch L., 1879), M. mandibularis (Thorell, 1890), M. manducator (Westwood, 1841), M. megachelae Ganesh Kumar, Mohanasundaram, 1998 , M. nemorensis (Peckham, Peckham, 1892), M. obscura (Taczanowski, 1871), M. paviei (Simon, 1886), M. pectorosa(Thorell, 1890), M. prava (Karsch, 1880), M. prognatha (Thorell, 1887), M. pumilio (Karsch, 1880), M. rhopalota (Thorell, 1895), M. roeweri Reimoser, 1934, M. rubra Ceccarelli, 2010, M. sansibarica Strand, 1910, M. septemdentata Strand, 1907, M. simoni (Koch L., 1879), M. simonis (Herman, 1879), M. vehemens Fox,1937, M. vestita (Thorell, 1895).

Myrmarachne species dubia
(no diagnostic drawings and no specimens are available in collections).

Myrmarachne albocincta (Koch C.L., 1846), M. annandalei (Simon, 1901), M. attenuata (Karsch, 1880), M. cuprea (Hogg, 1896), M. formica (Doleschall, 1859), M. formosana (Matsumura, 1911), M. himalayensis (Narayan, 1915), M. incerta (Narayan, 1915), M. lugens (Thorell, 1881), M. lurida (Simon, 1885), M. macleayana (Bradley, 1876), M. paivae (Narayan, 1915), M. patellata (Strand, 1907), M. pectorosa (sternodes) (Thorell, 1890), M. pygmaea (Thorell, 1894), M. radiata (Thorell, 1894), M. ramunni (Narayan, 1915), M. satarensis (Narayan,1915), M. tayabasana Chamberlin, 1925, M. transversa (Mukerjee, 1930), M. uniseriata (Narayan, 1915).

REFERENCES (for Myrmarachne).
Benjamin S.P. 2015.Journal of natural History: 1-58, plates 1-41.
Prószynski J., Deeleman-Reinhold C.L. 2010. Vol. 19. N. 3: P. 174-178. Figs 113-126.
Edmunds M., Prószynski J. 2003. Vol. 12, N. 7. P. 297-322.
Wanless F.R. 1978a. Vol. 33. N. 1. P.18-27, 28-97. Figs 10-60.
Simon E. 1901-1903. P. 504-505.