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

Myrmarachne legon Wanless, 1978

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034823

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Described:

Distribution: Niger, Ivory Coast, Ghana

External Resources*: Salticidae Database Prószyński (2016) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (1975.1.31.40) - (Wanless, 1978a)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 6m 11f 23j - (Wanless, 1978a)
Paratype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 4m 3f - (Wanless, 1978a)

Taxonomic References

Myrmarachne legon Wanless, 1978a: 69, f. 41A-C, 42A-K, pl. 4b, d, f (Dmf) Original description

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

External Resource References

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Prószyński, J. (2016). Monograph of Salticidae (Araneae) of the World 1995-2015. Part II. Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Version October 30th, 2016, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

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