Biology:Melychiopharis cynips
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Short description: Species of spider
| Melychiopharis cynips | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Melychiopharis |
| Species: | M. cynips
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| Binomial name | |
| Melychiopharis cynips Simon, 1895
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Melychiopharis cynips is an ant-mimicking spider from Brazil .
It was briefly transferred from the family Araneidae to Theridiidae between 2002 and 2005, based mainly on characteristics of the male palp.
References
- Santos, A.J., Brescovit A.D. & Levi, H.W (2005). Melychiopharis: an atypical orb-weaving spider from South America (Araneae: Araneidae). Zootaxa 1016:57–64 Abstract
Wikidata ☰ Q16919437 entry
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