Dangerous companions: Ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Myrmarachne plataleoides) that shelter beneath the web of an orb-weaver (Araneae: Araneidae: Herennia multipuncta)

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Peckhamia 271.1 Myrmarachne plataleoidesHerennia multipuncta 
PECKHAMIA 271.1 
LSID !"##$%&'(#%)%($#*%'#)+',",,-. ()),
Dangerous companions: Ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae:
Salticidae: Myrmarachne plataleoides) that shelter beneath the web
of an orb-weaver (Araneae: Araneidae: Herennia multipuncta)
$/0/$!1!'!23&!4
/5"6+7 89:",-1;%8  
email /6<"7!67
#=4,',, 23,73,'(-$email6</!67
>/, 07" , Myrmarachne plataleoides 5! 16  '7",(9,,   /,
6?,?//,$9,% 9 , Batesian mimic ?/,@,,>,,
$Oecophylla smaragdina+6',AB76/C4A$/0/C4A
77>77 C  -7 !  O. smaragdina 9 , 7 , M. plataleoides ,/,,
,,,",6,?/,,",/"//,, 9, 
/,7 B76/ C 4 !  .", , 6" 7, / ?,,    ,  M.
plataleoides9/6/  6,7, , /,, $/0/4 C1 A$/0/C 4 
!
5%9,3,?/,",Herennia/3,",$/,,ladder webs6
3,,, 6,/,,AH. multipuncta9,,/6/ ,
33, ,6,  8, !  H. multipuncta ?,7, , ,  ,D,  /, ,,6, ?  
6",:%/,7 /,6,,?/,66,7,,,/,,?/, 
D,,/7+",%#%!
4,,+",%#9,67,,3,,3,/,?,?M. plataleoides7,?,7,/9,,
,6,,3,/,/,,, Tabebuia,?6,,,//,9,??,7,
%9,3,Herennia multipuncta2,6/(/, ?;">,,Mangifera indica
/,Indraprastha Organic Farm?/,,/8 !$/"//,Herrenia9,63,,/,
,?+",)M. plataleoides9,,,73,?/,/,,,9/,9,!
7, M. plataleoides 9,3,  /, ,?+", %   ?,7, M. plataleoides 66, 
66,,/,,,/,?/,,?+",,EA+",%!.,??,,?,7,7,
/,,9,/,,?+",,EA+",)!;,9,,,3,"" 
/,?,7,/,,+",!$?,D"/,9,,9?/,7,/,,9,
/,Herrenia 9,D,+",%,6,,,/,," Herrenia
, ,"   3 +", !  >/, Herrenia 73, ,6 3,/, 9, M.
plataleoides,E,9,+",%#6,,+",)%!.,?,
?/,Tabebuia,? ,??/?,7,M. plataleoides6,660"/,,
,+",#%#,,?/,?,7,6,/,,,,//,??"7,
+",##%#!

Peckhamia 271.1 Myrmarachne plataleoidesHerennia multipuncta 
Figures 1-4. 1,53,3,9?6,37,!>/,,??,7,  Herrenia multipuncta ,,/,6,,?/,
9, 66,3,   ?;">,,Mangifera indica!  >9 , 66,  ?,7, Myrmarachne plataleoides
?, ",  7, 9,,66,  /,   Tabebuia ,?  6,, ,,/ /, Herrenia 9,!  @,, >,, $
Oecophylla smaragdina ?,F,,/ ,9/  703,6 , 3, /, "/ ,  73" 
!$,9/,7/3,,,,366,;!,,/669,3,! 
2, Herrenia /, 6,, ?/, 9,!  3,Herrenia?,," 6,6,! ,/,97Argyrodes,
"/!4,.,3,9/9"/9/,Tabebuia,?963,,/,9,?/Herrenia!
♀♀Herennia
Herennia
multipuncta
multipuncta
♂♂Myrmarachne plataleoides
Myrmarachne plataleoides
♀
♀
M. plataleoides
M. plataleoides,E
,E
♀
♀
M. plataleoides
M. plataleoides,E
,E
,9/,
,9/,
?,
?,Tabebuia
Tabebuia,?
,?
Mangifera indica
Mangifera indica
;",,
;",,
O. smaragdina
O. smaragdina
9 ,
9 ,
Oecophylla smaragdina
Oecophylla smaragdina
9 ,
9 ,
O. smaragdina
O. smaragdina,3,
,3,
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Peckhamia 271.1 Myrmarachne plataleoidesHerennia multipuncta #
Figures 5-13. 5-7, ;, Myrmarachne plataleoides , 7 ?/, Tabebuia ,?! 8-10,+,7,M. plataleoides
66"/,,/,,,E,?,,"9/,,7,(%! 11,$,6?,7,
M. plataleoides/73,/,,,E9,/,  Tabebuia,?!  12,;, M. plataleoides
,"?,7,,E!13,5,,,/,7,?/,Tabebuia,?!

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  #

Peckhamia 271.1 Myrmarachne plataleoidesHerennia multipuncta )
Figures 14-23.14,+,7,Myrmarachne plataleoides9,/,,,E!15,;, M. plataleoides""?,7,
, E! 16-20,;,M. plataleoides,"""66,?,6,?7/, Herrenia9,?,"
"66,9//,7,! 21,Herrenia?,,"/,6,7,M. plataleoides/,6,,?/,9,! 22-
23,Herrenia73"3,/,Tabebuia,?,/,9,!
)  
  (  
 #

Peckhamia 271.1 Myrmarachne plataleoidesHerennia multipuncta 
Figures 24-32. 24-26,Herrenia 73" 3, , E 66,   7, Myrmarachne plataleoides ,"  ?,7, 
6, ,D/, 9, "/! 27,Herrenia ?,," /,6,, ? /,9,!  28-29,Herrenia9"??,,
,/,6,,?/,9,!30,>9?,7,M. plataleoides/,9,?/,Tabebuia,?,E,?,/
,?9 ,!31-32,>9?,7,M. plataleoides66"0"/,,?"7,?/, ,Tabebuia,?!
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Peckhamia 271.1 Myrmarachne plataleoidesHerennia multipuncta 
Figures 33-35. +,7,Myrmarachne plataleoides/,,",,/?"7,?/, ,Tabebuia,?!
>/,  ,,  ,  ?  /,,  ,3  9  66,    7  ?""  @,,  >,,  $  Oecophylla
smaragdina9/703,6,/6 3,/,"/,?/,Herrenia9,+",
#%#!
Figures 36-38.  +"" Oecophylla smaragdina ,  /, Herrenia 9,!  36, *,,/  /, Tabebuia ,?  66,  
Myrmarachne plataleoides7,?,7,!37-38,'"6,,,3,!
$/"/6,//, Herrenia 9, ,/,,,,,,,6",/,,
6 ,/,7/3,3,7,,6/,7!>/,"","?/7,
?,7,/ ,?,,"",/,??,7,/,,7,,6,?
,6,6D6M. plataleoides!$/"/9,",?/,,60Argyrodes
+",#(%)9, ,,"/,Herrenia 73,?6, M.
plataleoides/,,6, 9?,,",+",)%))!
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Figures 39-44. 39-40, ;, #(  ?,7, ) Argyrodes  ,,   /, Herrenia 9,!  41,
&7,",Herrenia9/7,"73" 3,/,,""6,6/,/, !42,
+,7, Myrmarachne plataleoides 96/"  Argiope  3,  7%7, ?6,   ??,, ,!
43-44,+,7,M. plataleoides6"?,,"/,Argiope,"!
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