Myrmecium

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
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Castianeirinae
Genus: Myrmecium
Species: M. amphora – M. bifascitum – M. bolivari – M. bonaerense – M. camponotoides – M. carajas – M. carvalhoi – M. catuxy – M. chikish – M. cizauskasi – M. dacetoniforme – M. deladanta – M. diasi – M. erici – M. ferro – M. fuscum – M. indicattii – M. latreillei – M. lomanhungae – M. luepa – M. machetero – M. malleum – M. monacanthum – M. nogueirai – M. oliveirai – M. oompaloompa – M. otti – M. pakpaka – M. raveni – M. reticulatum – M. recettii – M. rufum – M. souzai – M. tanguro – M. tikuna – M. trifasciatum – M. urucu – M. viehmeyeri – M. yamamotoi
Name

Myrmecium Latreille, 1824

Type species: Myrmecium rufum Pierre André Latreille, 1824 by monotypy and original designation
References
Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1824. Notice sur un nouveau genre d'Aranéides. Annales des sciences naturelles 3: 23-27. Reference page.

Additional references

Candiani, D.F. & Bonaldo, A.B. 2017. The superficial ant: a revision of the Neotropical ant-mimicking spider genus Myrmecium Latreille, 1824 (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4230(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4230.1.1. Reference page.

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]
Species

As of April 2019 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

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.