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

Myrmarachne brevis Xiao, 2002

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038268

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Described:

Distribution: China

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Jilin University (JLU) [= Norman Bethune University of Medical Sciences], Changchun, China m - (Xiao, 2002)
Paratype: Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China 2m - (Xiao, 2002)

Taxonomic References

Myrmarachne brevis Xiao, 2002: 477, f. 1-6 (Dm) Original description

Myrmarachne brevis Peng, 2020: 235, f. 160a-c (m)

Myrmarachne brevis Wang, Mi & Li, 2026: 44, f. 7A-C, 8A-D, 9A-F (m, Df)

References

Peng, X. J. (2020). Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp. -- Show included taxa

Wang, C., Mi, X. Q. & Li, S. Q. (2026). Taxonomic notes on ten species of subtribe Myrmarachnina Simon, 1901 from China (Araneae, Salticidae). Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation 3(1): 37-60. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2097-3772.2025.037 ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DE72C214-D853-4E74-8AB5-C56B9D62E157 -- Show included taxa

Xiao, X. Q. (2002). A new species of the genus Myrmarachne from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 27(3): 477-478. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2026-07-20	First description of female	Wang, Mi & Li, 2026
2026-07-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Wang, Mi & Li, 2026
2020-07-09	New taxonomic reference entry	Peng, 2020