Myrmarachne vanessae 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 : 68-69

Myrmarachne vanessae Wanless, 1978

Fig. 40E–F

Myrmarachne vanessae Wanless, 1978b: 91 , fig. 57a–l.

Myrmarachne vanessae – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 73, figs 196–199.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 2 ♂♂; Lamto ; 6 Sep. 1975; “savane, hautes des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Oct. 1975; MNHN .

Description

See Wanless (1978b). General appearance of male as in Fig. 40E–F .

Remarks

This spider is easy to distinguish by the colouration of the sternum with the anterior half light and posterior half dark ( Fig. 40F ).

Distribution

Previously recorded from Ivory Coast and Tanzania .

Figures

Fig. 40. A–D. Myrmarachne kitale Wanless, 1978, ♂♀. (MNHN). E–F. Myrmarachne vanessae Wanless, 1978, ♂ (MNHN). A. Habitus of male, dorsal view. B. Habitus of female, dorsal view. C. Habitus of female, lateral view. D. Epigyne. E. Habitus, lateral view. F. Habitus, ventral view.