Myrmecotypus

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: Myrmecotypus
Species: M. fuliginosus – M. haddadi – M. iguazu – M. jasmineae – M. lineatipes – M. lineatus – M. mazaxoides – M. niger – M. olympus – M. orpheus – M. pilosus – M. rettenmeyeri – M. rubrofemoratus – M. tahyinandu
Name

Myrmecotypus Pickard-Cambridge, 1894

Type species: Myrmecotypus fuliginosus Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (by original designation)

gender masculine
References
Primary references

Pickard-Cambridge, O. 1894. Arachnida Araneida. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1: 121-144. Full article (BHL). Reference page.

Additional references

Perger, R. & Dupérré, N. 2021. Myrmecotypus mazaxoides sp. nov. – a new ground-dwelling, carpenter ant-resembling sac spider species from the Bolivian orocline, with indirect evidence for species-specific mimicry (Araneae, Corinnidae, Castianeirinae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 273–280. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.64766 Open access Reference page.
Perger, R. & Rubio, G.D. 2020. Contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical ant-like spiders: Myrmecotypus tahyinandu sp. n. from Bolivian Chiquitano forest, a new country record for M. niger, and indirect evidence for species-specific mimicry (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4790(1): 151–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4790.1.9. Paywall. Reference page.
Perger, R. & Rubio, G.D. 2021. Myrmecotypus haddadi sp. nov.—a new species of ant resembling sac spider from the Bolivian orocline (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 4969(1): 054–060. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4969.1.2. Reference page.
Perger, R. & Rubio, G.D. 2021. A new species of Myrmecotypus Pickard-Cambridge spider (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae) from the Bolivian orocline, imitating one of the world's most aggressive ants. Insecta Mundi 860: 1–8. Reference page.
Rubio, G.D.; Arbino, M.O. 2009: The first Myrmecotypus O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Argentina: description of Myrmecotypus iguazu new species. Zootaxa, 2158: 65–68. Abstract & excerpt

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]

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

As of January 2022 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

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.