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Myrmecium (spider)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Corinnidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

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Similar
  
Synemosyna, Sarinda, Amyciaea, Aphantochilus, Castianeira

Myrmecium is a genus of ant-mimicking spiders. The 16 known species occur only in South America.

Eugène Simon described the totally unrelated jumping spider species Synemosyna formica as Myrmecium lunatum in 1897; Mello-Leitao described the same species as Myrmecium rubrum in 1932.

Species

  • Myrmecium aurantiacum Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium bifasciatum Taczanowski, 1874 (Brazil, French Guiana)
  • Myrmecium bonaerense Holmberg, 1881 (Argentina)
  • Myrmecium camponotoides Mello-Leitão, 1932 (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium dacetoniforme Mello-Leitão, 1932 (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium fuscum Dahl, 1907 (Bolivia)
  • Myrmecium gounellei Simon, 1896 (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium itatiaiae Mello-Leitão, 1932 (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium latreillei (Lucas, 1856) (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium monacanthum Simon, 1897 (Venezuela)
  • Myrmecium obscurum Keyserling, 1891 (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium reticulatum Dahl, 1907 (Peru)
  • Myrmecium rufum Latreille, 1824 (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium trifasciatum Caporiacco, 1947 (Guyana)
  • Myrmecium vertebratum (Walckenaer, 1837) (Brazil)
  • Myrmecium viehmeyeri Dahl, 1907 (Peru)

    • References

    Myrmecium (spider) Wikipedia
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