Myrmecotypus Explained
Myrmecotypus is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.[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
it contains fourteen species in North, Central, and South America:[2]
- 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
External links
Notes and References
- 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. 10.1155/1965/17894. free.
- Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian. 2022. Gen. Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. 11 January 2022.
