Myrmecotypus is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894.[2] Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.[3][1]
| Myrmecotypus | |
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| M. rettenmeyeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. fuliginosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
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| Species | |
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14, see text | |
M. rettenmeyeri, named after entomologist Carl Rettenmeyer, has an unusual longitudinal band of black hairs extending along the midline of the cephalothorax, enhancing its resemblance to Camponotus sericeiventris, an ant it shares a habitat with. The black hairs correspond to the solid longitudinal keel-like dorsal extensions of the posterior sections of the ant's thorax.
Species
editAs of January 2022[update] it contains fourteen species in North, Central, and South America:[1]
- Myrmecotypus fuliginosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (type) – Mexico
- Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021 – Bolivia
- Myrmecotypus iguazu Rubio & Arbino, 2009 – Bolivia, Argentina
- Myrmecotypus jasmineae Leister & Miller, 2014 – Nicaragua
- Myrmecotypus lineatipes Chickering, 1937 – Panama
- Myrmecotypus lineatus (Emerton, 1909) – USA
- Myrmecotypus niger Chickering, 1937 – Panama, Bolivia, Brazil
- Myrmecotypus olympus Reiskind, 1969 – Panama, Brazil
- Myrmecotypus orpheus Reiskind, 1969 – Panama
- Myrmecotypus pilosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico, Panama
- Myrmecotypus rettenmeyeri Unzicker, 1965 – Panama
- Myrmecotypus rubioi Pett & Perger, 2021 – Bolivia
- Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021 – Bolivia
- Myrmecotypus tahyinandu Perger & Rubio, 2020 – Bolivia
References
edit- ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2022). "Gen. Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1894), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
- ^ Reiskind, J. (1965). "The Taxonomic Problem of Sexual Dimorphism in Spiders and a Synonymy in Myrmecotypus (Araneae, Clubionidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 72 (4): 279–281. doi:10.1155/1965/17894.
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