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<em>Synemosyna formica</em> in Harford Co., Maryland (10/10/2015). (Photo ID: 48229 - Psn: 25)

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A <em>Synemosyna formica</em> in Montgomery Co., Maryland (10/1/2014). (Photo ID: 17806 - Psn: 48)

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A <em>Synemosyna formica</em> in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/26/2018). (Photo ID: 126348 - Psn: 52)

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Synemosyna formica

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Synemosyna
Species:	S. formica
Binomial name
*Synemosyna formica* Hentz, 1846^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Janus gibberosus C. L. Koch, 1846 Myrmecium lunatum Simon, 1897 Myrmecium rubrum Mello-Leitão, 1932 Synemosyna lunata (Simon, 1897)

Synemosyna formica is a species of ant-mimicking jumping spider.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] It is found in the eastern United States and parts of Canada.^[5] The first pair of legs are elevated to imitate ant antennae, unlike other ant mimicks such as the genus Synageles which use their second pair of legs.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Taxon details Synemosyna formica Hentz, 1846". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
^ "Synemosyna formica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ "Synemosyna formica species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ "Synemosyna formica". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ ^a ^b "Synemosyna formica Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
^ Cutler, Bruce (1987). "A Revision of the American Species of the Antlike Jumping Spider Genus Synageles (Araneae, Salticidae)". The Journal of Arachnology. 15 (3): 321–348. ISSN 0161-8202.

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Taxon identifiers
Synemosyna formica	Wikidata: Q4158994 ADW: Synemosyna_formica BioLib: 491245 BOLD: 30508 BugGuide: 53128 CoL: 53W8L EoL: 1214581 GBIF: 2177215 iNaturalist: 147034 IRMNG: 11187161 ITIS: 889849 NatureServe: 2.118099 NCBI: 243403 Open Tree of Life: 530044 WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036426

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Synemosyna formica Hentz, 1846

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