Toxeus magnus is a species of jumping spider of the genus Toxeus. It is endemic to Taiwan and Southeast Asia. The species was originally classified as a part of the genus Myrmarachne in 1933 by Saitō in his work Notes on the spiders from Formosa, but it was later reclassified as Toxeus by the Polish arachnologist Jerzy Prószyński in November 2016. The species is notable for being a non-mammalian animal that nurses its offspring through a form of lactation.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Black ant mimicking Jumper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Toxeus maxillosus
- Myrmecotypus niger
- Ogdenia mutilla
- Corinnomma javanum
- Corinnomma severum
- Myrmarachne marshalli
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Toxeus
- Species
- Toxeus magnus
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