Myrmarachne legon Wanless, 1978

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony, 2022, Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J. - C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 841 (1), pp. 1-143 : 66-67

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A1A437F5-095C-43F7-BC18-66D53640F30E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7195358

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87C3-B167-3466-FDFF-5AC1FD536098

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scientific name

Myrmarachne legon Wanless, 1978
status

 

Myrmarachne legon Wanless, 1978 View in CoL

Myrmarachne legon Wanless, 1978b: 69 View in CoL , figs 41a–c, 42a–k.

Material examined

Paratypes IVORY COAST • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Lamto , Bandama Forest ; 10–18 Jan. 1975; MNHN .

Other material

IVORY COAST • 1 ♀; Lamto ; 28 Aug. 1975; “savane”; MNHN 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2 Oct. 1975; “savane, sur branches”; MNHN 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 14 Aug. 1975; MNHN 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Oct. 1975; MNHN 1 ♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 15 Aug. 1975; “hautes des herbes”; MNHN 4 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 11–20 Sep. 1975; “provenances diverses”; MNHN 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 18 Oct. 1975; “bosquet de savane, sur branches”; MNHN 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding, Grand Nord ; 22 Aug. 1975; “savane arborée, sur branches”; MNHN 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; SE Grand Nord ; 20 Aug. 1974; “savane boisée, sur branches”; MNHN 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Mt Niangbo ; 15 Oct. 1975; “demi-pente, savane arborée, sur herbes”; MNHN 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Man , Mt Tonkoui; 7°27′ N, 7°38′ W; 900–1000 m a.s.l.; 11 Nov. 1975; “branches au bord de la route”; MNHN GoogleMaps .

Description

See Wanless (1978b).

Biology

Myrmarachne legon was confined to savannah habitats where it was found both in the herb layer and on branches of shrubs.

Distribution

Recorded from Ivory Coast, Niger and Ghana.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Salticidae

Genus

Myrmarachne

Loc

Myrmarachne legon Wanless, 1978

Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony 2022
2022
Loc

Myrmarachne legon

Wanless F. R. 1978: 69
1978
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