Melychiopharis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Genus: Melychiopharis
Species (2): M. bibendum – M. cynips
Name

Melychiopharis Simon, 1895

Type species: Melychiopharis cynips Simon, 1895
References

Brescovit, A.D.; Santos, A.J.; Leite, C.M.P. 2011: A second species of the orb-weaving spider genus Melychiopharis from South America (Araneae: Araneidae). Zootaxa, 2798: 61–63. Preview
Santos, A.J.; Brescovit, A.D.; Levi, H.W. 2005: Melychiopharis: an atypical orb-weaving spider from South America (Araneae: Araneidae). Zootaxa, 1016: 57–64. Abstract & excerpt

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Melychiopharis is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Brazil.[1]
References

"Gen. Melychiopharis Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.