World Spider Catalog

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

Myrmarachne poonaensis Tikader, 1973

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034883

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Described:

Distribution: India, Bangladesh

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

Type Repository Provide information

Neotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f - (Tikader, 1973b)
Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 12m 1f - (Tikader, 1973b)

Taxonomic References

Myrmarachne poonaensis Tikader, 1973b: 62, f. 7-11 (Dmf) Original description

Myrmarachne poonaensis Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2019c: 4, f. 1a-f, pl. 1a (mf)

References

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2019c). Ant-like spiders of Bangladesh-III: genus Myrmarachne MacLeay (Araneae: Salticidae). Bangladesh Journal of Entomology 28(2, 2018): 1-12. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1973b). Studies on some ant-like spiders from India (family: Salticidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science 78(B): 59-67. -- 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
2025-11-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2019c
2025-11-12	Species distribution update	Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2019c	Old value