''Myrmecotypus'' is a
genus of
ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by
O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
in 1894.
Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyeri'', named after entomologist
Carl Rettenmeyer
Carl W. Rettenmeyer (February 10, 1931 – April 9, 2009) was an American biologist who specialised in army ants. He was born in Meriden, Connecticut, and later attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He first became interested in army ant ...
, has an unusual longitudinal band of black hairs extending along the midline of the
cephalothorax
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...
, 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
it contains fourteen species in
North,
Central
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Directions and generalised locations
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, and
South America:
*''
Myrmecotypus fuliginosus''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (
type
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) – Mexico
*''
Myrmecotypus haddadi''
Perger & Rubio, 2021 – Bolivia
*''
Myrmecotypus iguazu''
Rubio & Arbino, 2009 – Bolivia, Argentina
*''
Myrmecotypus jasmineae
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicry, ant mimicking Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the Unit ...
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Leister & Miller, 2014 – Nicaragua
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Myrmecotypus lineatipes
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyer ...
''
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
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyer ...
''
(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
External links
Myrmecotypusat
BugGuidePictures of ''M. lineatus''
Corinnidae genera
Corinnidae
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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