Myrmecomelix
Myrmecomelix is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only two species, both found in Ecuador and Peru: M. leucippus and M. pulcher.[1]
| Myrmecomelix | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. pulcher (Millidge, 1991) | |
| Species | |
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See also
References
- Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980.
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