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Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka

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  • 1. Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka; & Arthropoda Department, Alexander Koenig Research Museum of Zoology, Bonn, Germany

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Benjamin, Suresh P. (2015): Model mimics: antlike jumping spiders of the genus Myrmarachne from Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History 49 (43): 2609-2666, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1034209

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