Myrmarachne robusta (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1892)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034893

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Described:

Distribution: India, Bangladesh, Myanmar


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (22915) - (Benjamin, 2015b)
  • Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f of Myrmarachne maratha - (Tikader, 1973b)
  • Allotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m of Myrmarachne maratha - (Tikader, 1973b)
Taxonomic References
Salticus robustus Peckham & Peckham, 1892: 27, pl. 2, f. 2 (Dm) Original description
Myrmarachne robusta Roewer, 1955c: 949
Myrmarachne maratha Tikader, 1973b: 65, f. 12-15 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034844]
Myrmarachne maratha Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 105, f. 195-197 (mf)
Myrmarachne maratha Sen et al., 2015: 42, f. 142-146, pl. 14 (f)
Myrmarachne robusta Benjamin, 2015b: 2660, f. 41A-B (mf, S of Myrmarachne maratha)
Myrmarachne robusta Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 38, f. 100-104, pl. 17 (f)
Myrmarachne maratha Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2017c: 38, f. 1a-e, pl. 1a (m)
References

Benjamin, S. P. (2015b). Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History 49(43-44): 2609-2666. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209 -- Show included taxa

Biswas, V. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017c). Ant-like spiders of Bangladesh-I: genus Myrmarachne MacLeay (Araneae: Salticidae). Bangladesh Journal of Entomology 27(1): 35-45. -- Show included taxa

Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017). Litter and ground dwelling spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars, West Bengal. World Scientific News 63: 1-242. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1892). Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin 2(1): 1-84, pl. 1-7. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339. -- 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

Tikader, B. K. & Biswas, B. (1981). Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 30: 1-149. -- 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, 2017c
2025-11-12 Species distribution update Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2017c Old value
2017-02-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017
2015-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry Sen et al., 2015
2015-10-29 New taxonomic reference entry Benjamin, 2015b
2015-10-29 Species distribution update Benjamin, 2015b Old value
2015-10-29 Species synonymy Benjamin, 2015b Myrmarachne maratha synonymized with Myrmarachne robusta

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