Long Drumstick Ant Jumper
These tiny jumpers show a remarkable resemblance to Dolichoderus ants in size and colouration, and in fact live or forage among these ants. Unlike many other Myrmarachne, the abdomen is exceptionally short and rounded. The males have extraordinarily elongated chelicerae with swollen ends. The species was formerly known as Myrmarachne hanoii.
| Length | ♀ 3 mm; ♂ 5 mm, including chelicerae |
| Type Locality | Bengal, India |
| Distribution | Widespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra), Vietnam, China, India. |
| Habitat | Foliage in nature parks and along forest fringes, often near the nests of Dolichoderus ants. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Synemosyna pumilio Karsch, 1880, (1533)
Synemosyna pumilio (Original description ♂)
Synemosyna pumilio (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)
Roewer, 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): 1664
Myrmarachne topali (Original description ♀)
Żabka, 1985 Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam: 419, f. 364-367
Myrmarachne hanoii (♂, D♀)
Xiao & Wang, 2007 Description of the female spider of Myrmarachne hanoii Żabka (Araneae, Salticidae): 1004, f. 1-8
Myrmarachne hanoii (♂♀, Synonym of Myrmarachne topali)
Yamasaki & Ahmad, 2013 Taxonomic study of the genus Myrmarachne of Borneo (Araneae: Salticidae): 526, f. 20A-G, 21A-D, 41A doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3710.6.1
Myrmarachne pumilio (mf, removed from nomen dubium, Transferred from Synemosyna, Synonym of Myrmarachne hanoii)
Benjamin, 2015b Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka: 2660, f. 40A-E doi:10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209
Myrmarachne hanoi (♀)
Prószyński, 2018b Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae): 161, f. 19O doi:10.37828/em.2018.16.12
Myrmarachne hanoii (♂♀)
Peng, 2020 Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: 242, f. 166a-f
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Widespread, including Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra), Vietnam, China, India.