Myrmecotypus
M. rettenmeyeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Myrmecotypus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894[1]
Type species
M. fuliginosus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
Species

14, see text

Myrmecotypus is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894.[2] Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.[3][1]

M. rettenmeyeri, named after entomologist Carl Rettenmeyer, has an unusual longitudinal band of black hairs extending along the midline of the cephalothorax, enhancing its resemblance to Camponotus sericeiventris, an ant it shares a habitat with. The black hairs correspond to the solid longitudinal keel-like dorsal extensions of the posterior sections of the ant's thorax.

Species

As of January 2022 it contains fourteen species in North, Central, and South America:[1]

  • Myrmecotypus fuliginosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (type) – Mexico
  • Myrmecotypus haddadi Perger & Rubio, 2021 – Bolivia
  • Myrmecotypus iguazu Rubio & Arbino, 2009 – Bolivia, Argentina
  • Myrmecotypus jasmineae Leister & Miller, 2014 – Nicaragua
  • Myrmecotypus lineatipes Chickering, 1937 – Panama
  • Myrmecotypus lineatus (Emerton, 1909) – USA
  • Myrmecotypus niger Chickering, 1937 – Panama, Bolivia, Brazil
  • Myrmecotypus olympus Reiskind, 1969 – Panama, Brazil
  • Myrmecotypus orpheus Reiskind, 1969 – Panama
  • Myrmecotypus pilosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico, Panama
  • Myrmecotypus rettenmeyeri Unzicker, 1965 – Panama
  • Myrmecotypus rubioi Pett & Perger, 2021 – Bolivia
  • Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus Perger & Rubio, 2021 – Bolivia
  • Myrmecotypus tahyinandu Perger & Rubio, 2020 – Bolivia

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2022). "Gen. Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 22.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1894), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
  3. ↑ Reiskind, J. (1965). "The Taxonomic Problem of Sexual Dimorphism in Spiders and a Synonymy in Myrmecotypus (Araneae, Clubionidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 72 (4): 279–281. doi:10.1155/1965/17894.
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