Myrmarachne uniseriata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Myrmarachne |
Species: | M. uniseriata
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Binomial name | |
Myrmarachne uniseriata Narayan, 1915
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Myrmarachne uniseriata is a species of spider of the family Salticidae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2] In Sri Lanka, the species was found in the Ethagala range of Kurunegala District. The species can easily identified by the reddish orange-coloured carapace and dorsally flat chelicerae of male. [3]
The species was first described by Narayan in 1915. Separately, Myrmarachne aurantiaca was described by Benjamin in 2015. In 2017, Caleb and Benjamin reduced the latter name to a synonym of Myrmarachne uniseriata. [1]