Species notes
About Myrmarachne plataleoides
Myrmarachne plataleoides is treated by the GBIF Backbone as a synonym of Myrmaplata plataleoides (also recorded as Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider), an accepted species in the family Salticidae, within the order Araneae. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from India and India, Sri Lanka, China, Southeast Asia. Spiders are arachnids rather than insects: adults have eight legs, no antennae and a body divided into two main regions.
- Common name
- Red Weaver Ant-mimicking Spider
- Family
- Salticidae
- Order
- Araneae
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- India, India, Sri Lanka, China, Southeast Asia
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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