Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894

Leister, Matthew & Miller, Kelly, 2014, A new species of ant mimicking spider, Myrmecotypus jasmineae (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae), from Nicaragua, Zootaxa 3838 (4), pp. 495-500 : 495

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.4.8

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1E81E255-E85B-4FE9-A278-8CB8C0FED68C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6126969

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E2AB2C-1268-3D5A-FF2F-F8EBDB908DBB

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Plazi

scientific name

Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
status

 

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Corinnidae

Loc

Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894

Leister, Matthew & Miller, Kelly 2014
2014
Loc

Myrmecotypus

Reiskind 1969: 270
Pickard-Cambridge 1894: 123
1894
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