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

Myrmarachne clavigera (Thorell, 1877)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034750

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Described:

Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi)

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

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Taxonomic References

Synemosyna clavigera Thorell, 1877b: 548 (Dm) Original description

Myrmarachne clavigera Simon, 1901a: 500

Myrmarachne clavigera Yamasaki, 2012: 161, f. 20-27 (m)

Myrmarachne clavigera Yamasaki, 2015: 55, f. 21-22 (mf)

References

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1877b). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 10: 341-637. -- Show included taxa

Yamasaki, T. (2012). Taxonomy of the genus Myrmarachne of Sulawesi, based on the Thorell's types and additional specimens (Araneae, Salticidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 104: 153-180. -- Show included taxa

Yamasaki, T. (2015). [Studies on taxonomy, biogeography and mimicry of the genus Myrmarachne in Southeast Asia]. Acta Arachnologica 64(1): 49-56. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.64.49 -- 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	Old value	Comment
2015-12-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Yamasaki, 2015