Myrmarachne sp SRI INDAH 婆羅洲蟻蛛之一

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Spiders of Borneo > Family Salticidae > Subfamily Myrmarachninae > Genus Myrmarachne > Myrmarachne sp SRI INDAH 婆羅洲蟻蛛之一

Subfamily Myrmarachninae
Genus: Myrmarachne
Myrmarachne sp SRI INDAH
婆羅洲蟻蛛之一

Male ♂ 6mm
Transforming from Juvenile to Adult
2020-09-19 SAT BANDAR SRI INDAH
Before molting 5.5+Chelicerae0.5mm
After molting 4.5+Chelicerae1.5
Fully darken 4.5+Chelicerae1.5
中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 624-634

Three houres before molting
Immediately after molting
Twenty hours after molting

This species is slightly different from Myrmarachne malayana as described in 2003

Above: Juvenile - Three hour before molting
Below: Young adult - Immediately after molting

Chelicerae: When fully adult is as long as carapace, inner edge
straight, outer convex, broadest towards base; in side
view tapering from broad base, with upper surface
straight or concave;

Myrmarachne malayana - Lateral view Adult male from Genting Highlands
Original drawings by J. Proszynski, Poland. 2003