Species Myrmarachne bicolor (L. Koch, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Salticus bicolor Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1055, pl. 93. fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype MGH 16506 ♂, Peak Downs.
• Myrmarachne rubra Ceccarelli, F.S. 2010. New species of ant-mimicking jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne MacLeay, 1839 (Araneae: Salticidae) from north Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology 49: 245-255 [246, Figs 1-9].

  Type data:

   Holotype QMBA S66648 ♂, Townsville [19°20’S, 146°46’E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Pekar, S., Petrakova, L. Corcobado, G. & Whyte, R. 2017. Revision of eastern Australian ant-mimicking spiders of the genus Myrmarachne (Araneae, Salticidae) reveals a complex of species and forms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 642-676 [645]

Generic Combinations

• Myrmarachne bicolor (L. Koch, 1879). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911] [282]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darwin Coastal (DAC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Ant mimic.

General References

Seppala, S., Henriques, S, et al 2018. Species conservation profiles of a random sample of world spiders III: Oecobiidae to Salticidae. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: 1-260 [163] (conservation status)

History of changes