Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894

Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894: 123; 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).