Toxeus is a genus of jumping spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846. The genus was synonymized with Myrmarachne by Eugène Simon in 1901, and remained a synonym until revived by Jerzy Prószyński in 2016, when he split up Myrmarachne.
The abdomen is oval, without a constriction. It probably mimics the Common Spiny Ants of the genus Polyharchis.
Classification: Family Salticidae, Jumping Spiders
Habitat: Shrubs in waste-land and jungle fringes.
Female: 6-7 mm.
Male: 5.5-8 mm (total length of male, including jaws: 7.5-12 mm).
Distribution: Singapore (new record), Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Taiwan, Southern China.
Location: Choa Chu Kang
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