Megamyrmaekion

Megamyrmaekion is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by A. Reuss in 1834.[2]

Megamyrmaekion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Megamyrmaekion
Reuss, 1834[1]
Type species
M. caudatum
Reuss, 1834
Species

13, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains thirteen species:[1]

  • Megamyrmaekion algericum Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Megamyrmaekion ashae Tikader & Gajbe, 1977 – India
  • Megamyrmaekion austrinum Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834 (type) – Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran
  • Megamyrmaekion hula Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • Megamyrmaekion jodhpurense Gajbe, 1993 – India
  • Megamyrmaekion kajalae Biswas & Biswas, 1992 – India
  • Megamyrmaekion magshimim Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • Megamyrmaekion nairobii Berland, 1920 – East Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion schreineri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion transvaalense Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion velox Simon, 1887 – South Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Niger, Egypt

References

  1. "Gen. Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. Reuss, A. (1834). "Zoologische Miscellen". Museum Senckenbergianum, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte. 1: 195–276.


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