Myrmarachne vanessae Wanless, 1978

Fig. 40E–F

Myrmarachne vanessae Wanless, 1978b: 91, fig. 57a–l.

Myrmarachne vanessae – Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2000: 73, figs 196–199.

Material examined

IVORY COAST • 2 ♂♂; Lamto; 6 Sep. 1975; “savane, hautes des herbes”; MNHN • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 3 Sep. 1975; MNHN • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 13 Oct. 1975; MNHN .

Description

See Wanless (1978b). General appearance of male as in Fig. 40E–F.

Remarks

This spider is easy to distinguish by the colouration of the sternum with the anterior half light and posterior half dark (Fig. 40F).

Distribution

Previously recorded from Ivory Coast and Tanzania .