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

Myrmarachne erythrocephalus (L. Koch, 1879)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034774

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland, Western Australia, New South Wales)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) f (A0000152) of Leptorchestes erythrocephalus L. Koch, 1879 -

Taxonomic References

Leptorchestes erythrocephalus L. Koch, 1879a: 1057, pl. 93, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Myrmarachne erythrocephalus Simon, 1901a: 525 (T from Leptorchestes)

Myrmarachne erythrocephala Pekár et al., 2017: 649, f. 2C-D, 3B, 5A-M, S1C-E (Dm, f)

References

Koch, L. (1879a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 24-25]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1045-1156, pl. 91-100. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Pekár, S., Petráková, L., Corcobado, G. & Whyte, R. (2017). Revision of eastern Australian ant-mimicking spiders of the genus Myrmarachne (Araneae, Salticidae) reveals a complex of species and forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179(3): 642-676 & Suppl. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12439 -- Show included taxa

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

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
2017-03-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Pekár et al., 2017
2017-03-26	Species distribution update	Pekár et al., 2017	Old value
2017-03-26	First description of male	Pekár et al., 2017	Old value