Ant-Mimicking Spider Archives - Singapore Geographic https://www.singaporegeographic.com/tag/ant-mimicking-spider Singapore Biodiversity, List of Wild Animals, Insect, Nature Article that has been recorded in Singapore. Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:17:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 135464637 Toxeus maxillosus https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/toxeus-maxillosus?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=toxeus-maxillosus https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/toxeus-maxillosus#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2021 08:53:55 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=6172 Toxeus is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846. The genus was synonymized with Myrmarachne by Eugène Simon in 1901, and remained a synonym until revived by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016, when he split up Myrmarachne. The abdomen is oval, without a constriction. It probably mimics the Common Spiny Ants of the genus Polyharchis. Classification: Family Salticidae, Jumping SpidersHabitat: Shrubs in waste-land and jungle fringes.Female: 6-7 mm.Male: 5.5-8 mm (total length […]

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]]> Toxeus is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846. The genus was synonymized with Myrmarachne by Eugène Simon in 1901, and remained a synonym until revived by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016, when he split up Myrmarachne.

The abdomen is oval, without a constriction. It probably mimics the Common Spiny Ants of the genus Polyharchis.

Classification: Family Salticidae, Jumping Spiders
Habitat: Shrubs in waste-land and jungle fringes.
Female: 6-7 mm.
Male: 5.5-8 mm (total length of male, including jaws: 7.5-12 mm).
Distribution: Singapore (new record), Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Taiwan, Southern China.

Location: Choa Chu Kang

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]]> https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/toxeus-maxillosus/feed 1 6172 Corinnomma severum – Ant-like sac spiders https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/corinnomma-severum-ant-like-sac-spiders?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corinnomma-severum-ant-like-sac-spiders https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/corinnomma-severum-ant-like-sac-spiders#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:23:28 +0000 https://www.singaporegeographic.com/?p=1661 Corinnomma is a genus of African and Asian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880. Wikipedia Scientific name: Corinnomma severum Spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

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]]> Corinnomma is a genus of African and Asian corinnid sac spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1880. Wikipedia

Scientific name: Corinnomma severum

Spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

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