Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Myrmarachninae
Genus: Myrmarachne

Myrmarachne assimilis
salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost

Records of two species three individuals.
The SHORT ABDOMEN species is rare to find.
Myrmarachne assimilis often miss identify as Myrmarachne plataleoides which is common in Asia but not yet found in Borneo. Whereas Myrmarachne assimilis are found commondly in Borneo Island

 

Myrmatheca alticephalon (long waist short abdomen)  (Wayne Maddison) Myrmatheca alticephalon sp SHORT ABDOMEN (long waist short abdomen) (possible a different species) Male ♂ 9.5mm 2015-09-04 BOMBALAI

Myrmarachne assimilis sp LONG ABDOMEN Male 10mm 30-7-2015 ESPLANDE Female 7.5mm 30-7-2015 ESP

COMPARISON BETWEEN :
Myrmatheca alticephalon & Myrmarachne assimilis
 

This SHORT ABDOMEN species is rare to find	This LONG ABDOMEN species is commonly found
Myrmatheca alticephalon sp SHORT ABDOMEN (possible a different species) Male ♂ 9.5mm 2015-09-04 BOMBALAI	Myrmarachne assimilis sp LONG ABDOMEN Male ♂10mm 2015-07-30 ESPLANDE
Myrmatheca alticephalon	Myrmarachne assimilis
Myrmatheca alticephalon	Myrmarachne assimilis

Myrmarachne assimilis sp LONG ABDOMEN
Male ♂10mm 30-7-2015 THU 14:41 ESPLANDE
Female ♀7.5mm 30-7-2015 THU 15:46 ESPLANADE

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