World Spider Catalog

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

Myrmarachne evidens Roewer, 1965

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034777

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034777

Described:

Distribution: Central African Rep., DR Congo, Uganda, Angola

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (11870) - (Wanless, 1978a)
Holotype: Museo Regional do Dundo (MDA), Luanda-Norte, Angola f (Ang. 608.7) of Myrmarachne mussungue - (Wanless, 1978a)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1f (Ang. 11281.1) of Myrmarachne mussungue - (Wanless, 1978a)

Taxonomic References

Myrmarachne evidens Roewer, 1965: 53, f. 52 (Dm) Original description

Myrmarachne evidens Wanless, 1978a: 42, f. 20A, H-I, 21D, F, I, 22A, D (m)

Myrmarachne mussungue Wanless, 1978a: 42, f. 19D-E, G-J (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034854]

Myrmarachne evidens Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 74, f. 48A-K, 49A-E (mf, S of Myrmarachne mussungue)

References

Roewer, C. F. (1965). Die Lyssomanidae und Salticidae-Pluridentati der Äthiopischen Region (Araneae). Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques 139: 1-86. -- Show included taxa

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

Wiśniewski, K. & Wesołowska, W. (2024). Jumping spiders (Salticidae) of Uganda – revised list, new species and distributional data. European Journal of Taxonomy 952: 1-171. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2024.952.2647 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

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
2026-01-12	Species distribution update	Wesołowska, Russell-Smith & Danflous, 2026	Old value
2024-09-06	Species synonymy	Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024		Myrmarachne mussungue synonymized with Myrmarachne evidens
2024-09-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024
2024-09-06	Species distribution update	Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024	Old value