Family: Salticidae Blackwall,1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Back
Gen.
Myrmarachne MacLeay ,
1839 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03086 ]
N.B.: Considered a senior synonym of Bizonella Strand, 1929 by Wanless, 1978a: 18 and of Emertonius Peckham & Peckham, 1892 by Wanless, 1978b: 235 (for an alternate view, see Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010: 162 but also Edwards, 2013a: 4); Emertonius was revalidated by Prószyński, 2018b: 165. For probably available older generic names for the genera splitted from Myrmarachne by Prószyński, 2016 see Edwards, 2013a and Marusik & Blick, 2019: 90. For notes on Indian females, see Prószyński, 1992b: 188, f. 82, 98. On Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (ICZN, 2010: Opinion 2258).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2020-09-30
2020-09-30
Described in
MacLeay, 1839: 10 (type Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839; gender feminine)
MacLeay, 1839: 10 (type Myrmarachne melanocephala MacLeay, 1839; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 186 | accepted |
| 39 | synonym |
| 3 | nomen nudum |
| 5 | nomen dubium |
| 1 | homonym replaced |
Reference
Edit history
MacLeay, W. S. (1839). On some new forms of Arachnida. Annals of Natural History 2(7): 1-14, pl. 1-2. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-29 | Genus synonymy | Benjamin, 2015b | Panachraesta synonymized with Myrmarachne |