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

Myrmarachne kochi Reimoser, 1925

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034815

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Described:

Distribution: Malaysia, Indonesia

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Janus melanocephalus C. L. Koch, 1846, (1546) -

Taxonomic References

Janus melanocephalus C. L. Koch, 1846: v. 13: 22, f. 1092 (Dm; preoccupied by MacLeay, 1839, see Myrmarachne melanocephala) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064130]

Janigena melanocephala Karsch, 1880c: 394

Synemosyna melanocephala van Hasselt, 1882: 47

Salticus melanocephalus Simon, 1885a: 30

Synemosyna melanocephala Thorell, 1892a: 224 (Df)

Myrmarachne kochi Reimoser, 1925: 90 (replacement name) Original description

References

Hasselt, A. W. M. van (1882). Araneae. In: Veth, P. J. (ed.) Midden-Sumatra 4A(11). Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877-1879. Brill, Leiden, pp. 1-56, pl. 1-5. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.119451 -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1880c). Arachnologische Blätter (Decas I). Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, Dritte Folge 5: 373-409, pl. 12. -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Reimoser, E. (1925). Fauna sumatrensis (Beitrag Nr.7). Araneina. Supplementa Entomologica 10: 89-94. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885a). Arachnides recueillis par M. Weyers à Sumatra. Premier envoi. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29(C.R.): 30-39. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1892a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 31: 1-490. -- 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]

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