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Myrmarachne

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iMyrmarachne
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Myrmarachne
Macleay, 1839
Diversity
204 species
Species

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Myrmarachne is a genus of jumping spiders which imitate an ant by waving their front legs in the air to simulate antennae. Some species also look strikingly like an ant.

Commonly called the "antmimicking spider", also there are many other spiders that mimic ants.

[edit] Etymology

From Greek myrmex "ant" and arachne "spider".

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