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Characters that align
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690FFFBC7D70F94299036D90" box="[1047,1307,1686,1709]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Myrmarachne colombiana</emphasis>
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, to the genus
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are the distinct posterior margin (pedicel) of the abdomen visible from above, the quadrangle of the eyes less than ½ the length of cephalothorax and the eight eyes arranged in two front rows of four each (
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).
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690FFFBC7A5AF8809FAA6C56" bold="true" box="[829,946,1876,1899]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology</emphasis>
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The specific epithet is based on the geographic location of the fossil
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strata and locality
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690EFFBD7917FCC19CA46814" bold="true" box="[112,188,789,809]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Holotype female specimen of
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, in a piece of copal from Colombia. Scale bar = 3.3 mm.
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690EFFBD7917FA169CA56EEB" bold="true" box="[112,189,1474,1494]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 2.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of
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Scale bar = 57 µm. Insert shows detail of club-shaped setae covering cephalothorax. Scale bar = 0.8 µm.
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<paragraph id="FB753691690EFFBD7917F98D9D9A6DB0" blockId="1.[112,797,1625,1677]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Colombian Quaternary copal; Santander province, Andes region, Colombia, South America.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690EFFBD7917F9179D586DE7" bold="true" box="[112,320,1731,1754]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Material examined</emphasis>
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female (C-10-272) deposited in the Poinar amber collection maintained at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, U.S.A. Male unknown.
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Myrmecomorphic spider genera related to
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were also examined, however none had generic features closer to those of the fossil than
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. The related
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Hentz 1846
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has the hind part of the thorax narrow and parallel-sided (
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) while species of
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Simon 1900
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are small spiders that have the quadrangle of the eyes more than ½ the length of the cephalothorax (
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;
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). Species of
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Peckham and Peckham have only a single tooth at the lower margin of the chelicerae, members of
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Hentz
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, including the Central American
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Hentz
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and the eastern United States
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Hentz
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, are either smaller than
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, have a bulbous petiole, the posterior portion of the cephalothorax is very narrow, or the eyes extend to the posterior portion of the head. There are ant mimic spiders in the family
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that have some features of the present fossil, such as eight eyes in two rows. However members of this family have two tarsal claws, not one or none like the present fossil. Many species of
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have recently been placed in new genera (
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). In reviewing these various genera, the present author could find no representatives that fit the description of
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In their study of ant-mimicking spiders,
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divide this group into the broad mimics and the slender mimics.
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, is clearly a slender mimic. Along with other slender ant-mimicking spiders of the genus,
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690EFFBD7C3AFD289FB7680D" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Myrmarachne colombiana</emphasis>
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, displays a long body divided into three distinct regions now appearing antlike rather than the original two spiderlike regions. Another unique feature of the fossil is the long pedicel clearly visible from above, an eye quadrangle less than ½ the length of the thorax, the lower margin of the chelicerae armed with 34 teeth and the upper row of eyes positioned on short pedicles.
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While there are no published keys separating the described species of
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, only two species of fossil spiders in copal have been described previously from Colombia (
<bibRefCitation id="9F5B4B60690EFFBD7A23FBF7981E6F07" author="Wunderlich J." box="[836,1030,1059,1082]" editor="Wunderlich J" journalOrPublisher="Fossil spiders in amber and copal." pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="186 - 200" part="3" refId="ref4046" refString="Wunderlich J. 2004 a. The relationships between fossil spiders and ants, Myrmecomorphy. In: Beitr A, and Wunderlich J, editors. Fossil spiders in amber and copal. 3 A: 186 - 200." title="The relationships between fossil spiders and ants, Myrmecomorphy" type="journal article" volumeTitle="Beitr A, and" year="2004">Wunderlich 2004a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="9F5B4B60690EFFBD7D70FBF7984D6F07" author="Wunderlich J." box="[1047,1109,1059,1082]" editor="Wunderlich J" journalOrPublisher="Beitr Araneol." pageId="1" pageNumber="2" pagination="186 - 196" part="3" refId="ref4087" refString="Wunderlich J. 2004 b. Two new fossil spider species in copal from Colombia (Araneae: Oonopidae and Dictynidae). Fossil spiders in amber and copal. In: Beitr A, and Wunderlich J, editors. Beitr Araneol. 3 B: 186 - 196." title="Two new fossil spider species in copal from Colombia (Araneae: Oonopidae and Dictynidae). Fossil spiders in amber and copal" type="journal article" volumeTitle="Beitr A, and" year="2004">2004b</bibRefCitation>
). These are non-mimetic spiders and include a member of the
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and another of the
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. Since neither of these are ant mimics, they can easily be distinguished from
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The single species of
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in Britain and northern Europe,
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690EFFBD7C4BFB4399A36F92" box="[1324,1467,1175,1199]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">M. formicaria</emphasis>
(De Geer)
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, has its head abruptly raised from the thoracic part of the carapace (
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), which clearly separates it from
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB753691690EFFBD7A3AFAD9993E6E7F" blockId="1.[828,1514,142,1346]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">With the accompanying eggs and absence of enlarged palps, there is no doubt that the specimen is a female.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690EFFBD7A5AFA579FDF6EA1" bold="true" box="[829,967,1411,1436]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Description</emphasis>
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female
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(
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). Body length,
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. Head, thorax and petiole dark brown; thorax elongated with constriction in middle. Head large,
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in length; two horizontal rows of eyes present, lower row of four eyes with central two largest, positioned flat against the head while the two lateral smaller eyes are positioned at the tips of short peduncles (
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,
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). Chelicerae furrow with 4 teeth and many bristles; mandibles with central serrula portion (
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). Legs and abdomen light brown to tan; foreleg segments narrow, reflexed, appearing as elbowed antennae (
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). Tips of legs variable. Pretarsus of last (4th) leg with a single large claw bearing four accessory claws and terminal hairs (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690EFFBD7ABEF8D998266C19" box="[985,1086,1805,1828]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="2.[112,167,1960,1980]" captionTargetBox="[480,1145,785,1931]" captionTargetId="figure-234@2.[480,1145,785,1931]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figure 4. Pretarsi of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. A. Tip fourth leg. Arrow shows single claw with four teeth and surrounding bristles. Scale bar = 123 µm. B. Tip second leg. Note bulbous tip with emerging thick setae but no claw. Scale bar = 53 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883442/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
Figure 4
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). Bulbous tip on second pretarsus bearing short, thick setae (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690EFFBD7A98F8FF987C6C7F" box="[1023,1124,1835,1858]" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="2.[112,167,1960,1980]" captionTargetBox="[480,1145,785,1931]" captionTargetId="figure-234@2.[480,1145,785,1931]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Figure 4. Pretarsi of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. A. Tip fourth leg. Arrow shows single claw with four teeth and surrounding bristles. Scale bar = 123 µm. B. Tip second leg. Note bulbous tip with emerging thick setae but no claw. Scale bar = 53 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883442/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">
Figure 4
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). Ventral side shows pedipalps, wide labium; sternum and eggs (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690EFFBD7D2BF89E98BF6C5C" box="[1100,1191,1866,1889]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="3.[112,167,1059,1079]" captionTargetBox="[122,787,143,1030]" captionTargetId="figure-220@3.[122,787,143,1030]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 5. Ventral view of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. E = eggs, L = labium, Pe = pedipalps, p = petiole, S = sternum. Scale bar = 440 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883446" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883446/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figures 5</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690EFFBD7DCCF89E98A06C5C" box="[1195,1208,1866,1889]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="3.[112,167,1763,1783]" captionTargetBox="[122,787,1198,1734]" captionTargetId="figure-255@3.[122,787,1198,1734]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 6. Detailed view of eggs (some with faint embryos) loosely attached to ventral surface of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. Scale bar = 210 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883450" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883450/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">6</figureCitation>
). Two thick bristles, each with a small flap, are attached to the femur of the pedipalps (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690EFFBD7CE1F8BD99C36CBD" box="[1414,1499,1897,1920]" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="3.[829,884,706,726]" captionTargetBox="[838,1503,144,676]" captionTargetId="figure-286@3.[838,1503,144,676]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 7. Chelicerae of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. B= thickened bristles, E= lower large central eyes, F= small flap attached to thickened bristle; T=teeth at tip of chelicerae, S=serrula, Scale bar = 440 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883444" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883444/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 7</figureCitation>
). Lower portion of mandibles showing scopula with bristles and finely toothed keel (serrula) (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690EFFBD7D40F87398636C83" box="[1063,1147,1959,1982]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="4.[107,162,607,627]" captionTargetBox="[117,782,143,578]" captionTargetId="figure-484@4.[117,782,142,578]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 9. Lower portion of chelicerae of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. showing scopula with bristles on right side (two arrows) and the finely toothed keel (serrula) on the left (single arrow). Note teeth at base of chelicerae. Scale bar = 114 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883452/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 9</figureCitation>
). Abdomen with wide lung slit and three or more spinnerets (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690EFFBD7D23F81298BB6CE0" box="[1092,1187,1990,2013]" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="4.[112,168,1453,1473]" captionTargetBox="[126,791,745,1425]" captionTargetId="figure-451@4.[126,791,745,1425]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 10. Posterior view of tip of abdomen of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. showing an elongate lung slit (LS) and spinnerets (arrows). Scale bar = 600 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883456" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883456/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Figure 10</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B3D0651A690DFFBF7A5AFF5A99056D11" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="FB753691690DFFBE7A5AFF5A9FA56B9A" blockId="2.[829,957,142,167]" box="[829,957,142,167]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
<heading id="A03D81FD690DFFBE7A5AFF5A9FA56B9A" bold="true" box="[829,957,142,167]" fontSize="10" level="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" reason="2">
<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690DFFBE7A5AFF5A9FA56B9A" bold="true" box="[829,957,142,167]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Comments</emphasis>
</heading>
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<paragraph id="FB753691690DFFBE7A5AFF68992D6A58" blockId="2.[829,1514,188,709]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
The eggs are loosely attached to the ventral side of the fossil spider (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690DFFBE7A22FF0D9FBA6BCD" box="[837,930,217,240]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="3.[112,167,1059,1079]" captionTargetBox="[122,787,143,1030]" captionTargetId="figure-220@3.[122,787,143,1030]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 5. Ventral view of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. E = eggs, L = labium, Pe = pedipalps, p = petiole, S = sternum. Scale bar = 440 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883446" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883446/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figures 5</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690DFFBE7AB5FF0D9FC66BCD" box="[978,990,217,240]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="3.[112,167,1763,1783]" captionTargetBox="[122,787,1198,1734]" captionTargetId="figure-255@3.[122,787,1198,1734]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 6. Detailed view of eggs (some with faint embryos) loosely attached to ventral surface of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. Scale bar = 210 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883450" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883450/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">6</figureCitation>
). These eggs are spherical, white, smooth and range in diameter from 212 to 230 µm; all of which are features of extant spider eggs (
<bibRefCitation id="9F5B4B60690DFFBE7AADFEC0986C6A16" author="Comstock JH" box="[970,1140,276,299]" journalOrPublisher="Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Company" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" pagination="729" refId="ref3290" refString="Comstock JH. 1948. The Spider Book. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Company; p. 729." title="The Spider Book" type="book chapter" year="1948">Comstock 1948</bibRefCitation>
). Many of the eggs appear to be embryonated. They may have originally been carried in very loose sacs, since any sign of webbing now is very faint.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB753691690DFFBE7A3AFEB899C769B6" blockId="2.[829,1514,188,709]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
The internal border of the endite of
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690DFFBE7DBAFEB899F16ABE" box="[1245,1513,364,387]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Myrmarachne colombiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, along with the crushing part of the coxa of the pedipalp, bear a brush of hairs (scopula). Adjacent is a finely toothed keel (serrula) that lacerates the prey to release the juices. These structures are well developed on
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690DFFBE7ABEFE3598F76AC5" box="[985,1263,481,504]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Myrmarachne colombiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D28D57F8690DFFBE7D9DFE35992F6AC5" box="[1274,1335,481,504]" pageId="2" pageNumber="3" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690DFFBE7C2CFE3599BE6AC5" box="[1355,1446,481,504]" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="4.[107,162,607,627]" captionTargetBox="[117,782,143,578]" captionTargetId="figure-484@4.[117,782,142,578]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="Figure 9. Lower portion of chelicerae of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. showing scopula with bristles on right side (two arrows) and the finely toothed keel (serrula) on the left (single arrow). Note teeth at base of chelicerae. Scale bar = 114 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883452/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figure 9</figureCitation>
). The function of the two thick bristles, each with a small flap, attached to the femur of the pedipalps (
<figureCitation id="63F12A14690DFFBE7DE0FDC898C7690E" box="[1159,1247,540,563]" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="3.[829,884,706,726]" captionTargetBox="[838,1503,144,676]" captionTargetId="figure-286@3.[838,1503,144,676]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figure 7. Chelicerae of Myrmarachne colombiana sp. n. B= thickened bristles, E= lower large central eyes, F= small flap attached to thickened bristle; T=teeth at tip of chelicerae, S=serrula, Scale bar = 440 µm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883444" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10883444/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Figure 7</figureCitation>
), is unknown. The small lateral pedunculated eyes, presence of the fossil in Colombia and current lack of other fossil ant-mimicking spiders in that country, can be considered additional diagnostic characters of the species.,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB753691690DFFBF7A3AFD4599056D11" blockId="2.[829,1514,188,709]" lastBlockId="3.[829,1514,1439,1580]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">
The club-shaped setae that cover the dorsum of the thorax of
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690DFFBE7A5AFD7A985069F8" box="[829,1096,686,709]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Myrmarachne colombiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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probably served as tactile hairs. It has been stated that the cuticular surface (colour, hairs, etc.) of myrmecomorphic spiders can resemble that of their ant model (Cushing 1987,
<bibRefCitation id="9F5B4B60690CFFBF7874F8589DB76C9E" author="Ceccarelli FS" box="[275,431,1932,1955]" journalOrPublisher="Psyche J Entomol." pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="1 - 6" part="2013" refId="ref3257" refString="Ceccarelli FS. 2013. Ant-mimicking spiders: strategies for living with social insects. Psyche J Entomol. 2013: 1 - 6. doi: 10.1155 / 2013 / 839181." title="Ant-mimicking spiders: strategies for living with social insects" type="journal article" year="2013">Ceccarelli 2013</bibRefCitation>
). Perhaps a later analysis of spiders in Colombia will reveal the model ant of
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7B75F87D9F046CFD" box="[530,796,1961,1984]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Myrmarachne colombiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="D28D57F8690CFFBF7917F8129CB56CE0" box="[112,173,1990,2013]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<bibRefCitation id="9F5B4B60690CFFBF79DEF8129D7D6CE0" author="Reiskind J." box="[185,357,1990,2013]" journalOrPublisher="Biotropica." pageId="3" pageNumber="4" pagination="1 - 8" part="9" refId="ref3937" refString="Reiskind J. 1977. Ant-mimicry in Panamanian clubionid and salticid spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Salticidae. Biotropica. 9 (1): 1 - 8. doi: 10.2307 / 2387854." title="Ant-mimicry in Panamanian clubionid and salticid spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Salticidae" type="journal article" year="1977">Reiskind (1977)</bibRefCitation>
listed two species in the salticid genus
<taxonomicName id="3CCA4D12690CFFBF7A5AFA74983D6E8A" authority="Latreille" authorityName="Latreille" box="[829,1061,1440,1463]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pachycondyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7A5AFA749FDF6E8A" box="[829,967,1440,1463]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Pachycondyla</emphasis>
Latreille
</taxonomicName>
as serving as ant models for
<taxonomicName id="3CCA4D12690CFFBF7C0BFA4B9FF96EE9" authority="(Fab.)" baseAuthorityName="Fab." class="Arachnida" family="Salticidae" genus="Myrmapana" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parallela">
<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7C0BFA4B9F8F6EE9" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Myrmapana parallela</emphasis>
(Fab.)
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in Panama. Cushing (1987) listed
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7C00FA689FA96ECD" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Camponotus compressus</emphasis>
(Fab.)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3CCA4D12690CFFBF7D78FA0E98DC6ECC" box="[1055,1220,1498,1521]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Oecophylla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7D78FA0E988A6ECC" box="[1055,1170,1498,1521]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Oecophylla</emphasis>
sp.
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3CCA4D12690CFFBF7DBAFA0E9FBC6D32" authority="(Latreille)" baseAuthorityName="Latreille" baseAuthorityYear="1802" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Paratrechina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longicornis">
<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7DBAFA0E99F26ECC" box="[1245,1514,1498,1521]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Paratrechina longicornis</emphasis>
(Latreille)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3CCA4D12690CFFBF7AC8FA2C98916D32" authority="Mayr" authorityName="Mayr" authorityYear="1879" box="[943,1161,1528,1551]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Pheidole" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indica">
<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7AC8FA2C98526D32" box="[943,1098,1528,1551]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Pheidole indica</emphasis>
Mayr
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7DD8FA2C99BC6D32" box="[1215,1444,1528,1551]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Polyrachis lacteipennis</emphasis>
Smith
</taxonomicName>
as models for various other
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<emphasis id="C9BEEA83690CFFBF7D3AF9C198F46D11" box="[1117,1260,1557,1580]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Myrmarachne</emphasis>
spp.
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