Myrmaplata

Myrmaplata is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2016 by Prószyński. As of 2017, it contains five Asian species.^[1][2]

References

Myrmaplata est un genre d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Salticidae^[1].

Distribution

Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Asie du Sud-Est, en Asie du Sud et en Chine^[1].

Liste des espèces

Selon World Spider Catalog (version 19.0, 20/06/2018)^[2] :

• Myrmaplata aureonigra (Edmunds & Prószyński, 2003)
• Myrmaplata hispidacoxa (Edmunds & Prószyński, 2003)
• Myrmaplata plataleoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)
• Myrmaplata turriformis (Badcock, 1918)
• Myrmaplata wanlessi (Edmunds & Prószyński, 2003)

Publication originale

• Prószyński, 2016 : Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world. Ecologica Montenegrina, vol. 7, p. 4-32 (texte intégral).

Notes et références

Myrmaplata Prószynski, 2016 è un genere di ragni appartenente alla famiglia Salticidae.

Distribuzione

Le 5 specie sono state reperite in Asia sudorientale (Malesia, Laos, Singapore), e in India, Cina e Sri Lanka^[1].

Tassonomia

Per la descrizione delle caratteristiche di questo genere sono stati esaminati gli esemplari tipo di Salticus plataleoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869^[1].

Non sono stati esaminati esemplari di questo genere dal 2020^[1].

Attualmente, a gennaio 2022, si compone di 5 specie^[1]:

• Myrmaplata aureonigra (Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003) — Malesia, Singapore
• Myrmaplata hispidacoxa (Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003) — Malesia
• Myrmaplata plataleoides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)^[2] — India, Sri Lanka, Cina, Asia sudorientale
• Myrmaplata turriformis (Badcock, 1918) — Laos, Malesia
• Myrmaplata wanlessi (Edmunds & Prószynski, 2003) — Malesia

Sinonimi

• Myrmaplata daitarensis (Prószynski, 1992); posta in sinonimia con M. plataleoides a seguito di un lavoro degli aracnologi Edmunds & Prószynski del 2003^[1].
• Myrmaplata megachelae (Ganesh Kumar & Mohanasundaram, 1998); posta in sinonimia con M. plataleoides a seguito di un lavoro di Caleb (2020b)^[1].

Note

Bibliografia

• Pickard-Cambridge, O., 1869c - Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneida, with characters of a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History vol.(4) 3, pp.52-74. PDF
• Peckham, G.W. & Peckham, E.G., 1892 - Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin vol.2(1), pp.1-84. PDF
• Szombathy, C., 1913 - Adatok a hangyantánzó ugrópókok pontosabb ismeretéhez. Állattani Közlemények vol.12, pp.22-40, 55-57. PDF
• Badcock, H.D., 1918 - Ant-like spiders from Malaya collected by the Annandale-Robinson Expedition 1901-02. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London vol.87(3/4, 1917): pp.277-321. PDF
• Bhattacharya, G.C., 1937 - Notes on the moulting process of the spider (Myrmarachne plataleoides, Camb.). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society vol.39, pp.426-430. PDF
• Prószyński, J., 1992b - Salticidae (Araneae) of India in the collection of the Hungarian National Natural History Museum in Budapest. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa vol.44, pp.165-277. PDF
• Ganesh Kumar, M. & Mohanasundaram, M., 1998 - A new species of ant-like spider from cotton fields of Tamil Nadu (Araneae: Salticidae). Zoo's Print Journal vol.13(11), pp.27-28. PDF
• Edmunds, M. & Prószyński, J., 2003 - On a collection of Myrmarachne spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from peninsular Malaya. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society vol.12, pp.297-323. PDF
• Sen, S., Dhali, D.C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D., 2015 - Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of Reserve Forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News vol.20, pp.1-339. PDF
• Yamasaki, T., 2015 - [Studies on taxonomy, biogeography and mimicry of the genus Myrmarachne in Southeast Asia]. Acta Arachnologica voll.64(1), pp.49-56. PDF
• Prószyński, J., 2016 - Delimitation and description of 19 new genera, a subgenus and a species of Salticidae (Araneae) of the world. Ecologica Montenegrina vol.7: pp.4-32. PDF
• Prószyński, J., 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). Ecologica Montenegrina vol.16, pp.130-179. PDF
• Caleb, J. T. D., 2020b - Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa vol.12(7): pp.15711-15766. PDF