Melpomene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Melpomene
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898[1]
Type species
M. elegans
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
Species

13, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Ritalena

Melpomene is a genus of funnel weavers first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1898.[2] They range from southwestern U.S. (southern Arizona to western Texas) to Panama and can grow up to 7 to 8.5 millimetres (0.28 to 0.33 in) long. Roth and Brame noted that, with many undescribed species, the genus appears to be a catchall or "wastebasket taxon" for several unrelated species that may represent several genera.[3]

Species

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

  • Melpomene bicavata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico
  • Melpomene chamela Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 – Mexico
  • Melpomene chiricana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Panama
  • Melpomene coahuilana (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – Mexico
  • Melpomene elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico
  • Melpomene panamana (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama
  • Melpomene penetralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica
  • Melpomene plesia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Panama
  • Melpomene quadrata (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
  • Melpomene rita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA
  • Melpomene singula (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico
  • Melpomene solisi Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 – Mexico
  • Melpomene transversa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Melpomene O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1898). Arachnida. Araneida.
  3. ↑ Roth, V. D.; Brame, P. L. (1972). "Nearctic genera of the spider family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneida)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2505): 1–51.


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