Myrmecomelix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Myrmecomelix
Millidge, 1993[1]
Type species
M. pulcher
(Millidge, 1991)
Species

2, see text

Myrmecomelix is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993.[2]

Species

As of May 2019 it contains two species:[1]

  • Myrmecomelix leucippus Miller, 2007 – Peru
  • Myrmecomelix pulcher (Millidge, 1991) (type) – Ecuador, Peru

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  2. Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980.


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