Myrmarachne eidmanni Roewer, 1942

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1A437F5-095C-43F7-BC18-66D53640F30E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7225667

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87C3-B11B-3419-FD88-5C2DFBBC66C6

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Myrmarachne eidmanni Roewer, 1942
status

 

Myrmarachne eidmanni Roewer, 1942 View in CoL

Fig. 38A–G View Fig

Myrmarachne eidmanni Roewer, 1942: 252 View in CoL , pl. 19 fig. 8.

Myrmarachne punctata Wanless & Clark, 1975: 290 View in CoL , figs 29–35.

Myrmarachne eidmanni View in CoL – Wanless 1978b: 39, fig. 17a–h.

Diagnosis

The female may be distinguished by the form of epigyne with strongly sclerotized lateral borderlines of the epigynal ‘window’ which is relatively low, bell-shaped, and framed by a wide flange ( Fig. 38G View Fig ).

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Lamto; 24 Dec. 1975; “buissons au soleil au bord de Bandama”; MNHN .

Description

Male

See Wanless (1978b). General appearance of male shown in Fig. 38A–B View Fig .

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Cephalothorax length 3.0–3.1, height 1.0. Eye field length 1.2, anterior width 1.4–1.5, posterior width 1.6–1.7. Abdomen length 2.8–3.6, width 1.6–1.8. Body slender. Shape of body as in male. General appearance as in Fig. 38C–D. View Fig

CARAPACE. Pitted, with deep constriction and distinct thoracic hump ( Fig. 38D View Fig ). Colouration blackish brown with metallic sheen, white hairs in constrictions, sparse faint white hairs on thoracic part. Sternum and mouthparts light brown.

ABDOMEN. Light brown, with clearly visible anterior scutum, clothed in thin brownish hairs, venter greyish brown. Spinnerets dark.

LEGS. Slender, legs I and II yellowish with darker femora, black line along prolateral surface of femur, patella and tibia II. Legs III and IV brown with yellow distal segments. Coxae III brown, others yellow.

EPIGYNE. Very small, with short and wide triangular ‘window’, lateral edges of the ‘window’ are sclerotized flanges ( Fig. 38E–G View Fig ). Internal structure in Fig. 38F–G View Fig , seminal ducts long, coiled.

Remarks

The first description of the female is provided here.

Distribution

Recorded from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko) and Congo.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Myrmarachne

Loc

Myrmarachne eidmanni Roewer, 1942

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony 2022
2022
Loc

Myrmarachne eidmanni

Wanless F. R. 1978: 39
1978
Loc

Myrmarachne punctata

Wanless F. R. & Clark D. J. 1975: 290
1975
Loc

Myrmarachne eidmanni

Roewer C. F. 1942: 252
1942
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