Myrmecium (spider) explained

Myrmecium is a genus of ant-mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1824.^[1] 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)^[2] and once by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1932 (Myrmecium rubrum).^[3]

Species

it contains thirty-nine species in South America and the Caribbean:^[4]

• 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

External links

• Clubionid ant-mimic from Trinidad and Tobago (Myrmecium sp. according to American Arachnology Online)

Notes and References

1. Latreille. P. A.. 1824. Notice sur un nouveau genre d'Aranéides.. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Paris. 23–27. 3.
2. Book: Simon, E. 1897. Histoire naturelle des araignées. 170. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
3. Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1932. Notas sobre o genero Myrmecium. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 4. 150.
4. Gen. Myrmecium Latreille, 1824. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-21. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.