Ogden’s Ant-mimic Jumper
This species was first collected by Robert Shelford, former curator of the Sarawak Museum, who noted it mimicked the wingless females of mutillid wasps, hence the species name. It is closely related to Siler. another ant-mimicking jumper. Like Siler, it probably feeds on ants.
| Length | ♀ 8–10; ♂ 7–8 mm |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Johor, Sarawak). |
| Habitat | Foliage in primary rainforests. |
| Biology | Like other ant mimics, this spider also waves its legs I as it moves about. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; ♀ (IZ 22236) (Yang et al., 2024b)
Rooseveltia mutilla (Original description ♀)
Ogdenia mutilla (generic replacement name)
Rooseveltia mutila (♀)
Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 125
Ogdenia mutilla (♀)
Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 129, f. 56I doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1
Ogdenia mutilla (Original description ♂, ♀)
Yang et al., 2024b On the enigmatic jumping spider genus Ogdenia Peckham, 1908 (Araneae, Salticidae, Chrysillini): 157, f. 1A-F, 3A-C, 4A-L, 5A-U, 6A-F, 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-G, 10A-D, 11A-E, 12A-E doi:10.3897/zookeys.1202.124199
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Johor, Sarawak).