Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6126969 |
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Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 View in CoL
Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894: 123 View in CoL ; Reiskind, 1969: 270.
Type species by monotypy: Myrmecotypus fuliginosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 .
Diagnosis. Myrmecotypus can be distinguished from other corinnid genera by: (1) the absence of a thoracic groove, (2) a narrowed carapace (carapace index less than 60), (3) wide cephalic region (cephalic index range 64–89), (4) PER nearly straight and only slightly wider then AER, (5) PME–PME greater then PME–PLE ( Reiskind 1969; Rubio & Arbino 2009).
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Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
Leister, Matthew & Miller, Kelly 2014 |
Myrmecotypus
Reiskind 1969: 270 |
Pickard-Cambridge 1894: 123 |