Biology:Megamyrmaekion

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Megamyrmaekion
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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

12, see text

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

Species

(As of October 2021) it contains twelve species:[1]

  • Megamyrmaekion algericum Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Tunisia
  • Megamyrmaekion austrinum Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834 (type) – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran, India
  • Megamyrmaekion hula Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • Megamyrmaekion magshimim Levy, 2009 – Israel
  • Megamyrmaekion nairobii Berland, 1920 – East Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion pritiae (Tikader, 1982) – India
  • Megamyrmaekion schreineri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion tikaderi (Gajbe, 1987) – India
  • Megamyrmaekion transvaalense Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion velox Simon, 1887 – South Africa
  • Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Niger, Egypt

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/957. 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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