Myrmecium is a genus of ant-mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1824.[2] The unrelated jumping spider species Synemosyna formica has been mistaken for a member of this genus twice, once by Eugène Simon in 1897 (Myrmecium lunatum)[3] and once by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1932 (Myrmecium rubrum).[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Myrmecium Latreille, 1824[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. rufum Latreille, 1824
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Species
editAs of April 2019[update] it contains thirty-nine species in South America and the Caribbean:[1]
- Myrmecium amphora Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela
- Myrmecium bifasciatum Taczanowski, 1874 – Bolivia, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
- Myrmecium bolivari Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela, Colombia
- Myrmecium bonaerense Holmberg, 1881 – Argentina
- Myrmecium camponotoides Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil
- Myrmecium carajas Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium carvalhoi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium catuxy Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Colombia, Brazil
- Myrmecium chikish Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru
- Myrmecium cizauskasi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium dacetoniforme Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil
- Myrmecium deladanta Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Ecuador
- Myrmecium diasi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium erici Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Guyana
- Myrmecium ferro Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium fuscum Dahl, 1907 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Myrmecium indicattii Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium latreillei (Lucas, 1857) – Brazil
- Myrmecium lomanhungae Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium luepa Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela
- Myrmecium machetero Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Bolivia, Peru
- Myrmecium malleum Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela, Colombia
- Myrmecium monacanthum Simon, 1897 – Colombia
- Myrmecium nogueirai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru, Brazil
- Myrmecium oliveirai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium oompaloompa Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil, Guyana
- Myrmecium otti Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru, Brazil
- Myrmecium pakpaka Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru
- Myrmecium raveni Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium reticulatum Dahl, 1907 – Peru
- Myrmecium ricettii Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Colombia, Brazil
- Myrmecium rufum Latreille, 1824 (type) – Brazil
- Myrmecium souzai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium tanguro Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium tikuna Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium trifasciatum Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana, Brazil
- Myrmecium urucu Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
- Myrmecium viehmeyeri Dahl, 1907 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Myrmecium yamamotoi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Suriname, Brazil
References
edit- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Myrmecium Latreille, 1824". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- ^ Latreille, P. A. (1824). "Notice sur un nouveau genre d'Aranéides". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Paris. 3: 23–27.
- ^ Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. p. 170. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1932). "Notas sobre o genero Myrmecium". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 4: 150.
External links
edit- Clubionid ant-mimic from Trinidad and Tobago (Myrmecium sp. according to American Arachnology Online)