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

Myrmarachne laeta (Thorell, 1887)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034817

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Described:

Distribution: Pakistan, India, Myanmar, China, Singapore, Indonesia (Nias Is.)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy mm - (Ono et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Synemosyna laeta Thorell, 1887: 339 (Dm) Original description

Ascalus laeta Thorell, 1895b: 321

Myrmarachne laeta Gravely, 1922: 1049, pl. 4, f. 12a

Myrmarachne laeta Dyal, 1935: 220, pl. 17, f. 160-164 (m, Df)

References

Dyal, S. (1935). Fauna of Lahore. 4.–Spiders of Lahore. Bulletin of the Department of Zoology of the Panjab University 1: 119-252, pl. 11-17. -- Show included taxa

Gravely, F. H. (1922). Common Indian spiders. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28: 1045-1050. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- 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
2026-03-30	Type repository inserted	Ono et al., 2026
2026-03-30	Species distribution update	Ono et al., 2026	Old value