Invertebrates Flora Botanical gardens Civil societies Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India.
Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Salticidae Jumping spiders, where the members of family Salticidae are commonly called, has the best vision among spiders and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation.
Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps.
The species within genus Myrmarachne are called ant-mimicking spiders, where they closely resemble ants, by morphology and behavior.
Sri Lanka comprised 11 ant-mimicking spiders and three of them are discovered in 2015 by professor Suresh Benjamin, associate Research Professor of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy and revealed to the world through Journal of Natural History on 12 May 2015.