Megamyrmaekion

Megamyrmaekion
female M. transvaalense
female M. velox
Scientific classification
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

• 
  M. schreineri

As of September 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes 12 species: ^[1]

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

References

1. "Gen. Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-09-25.
2. Reuss, A. (1834). "Zoologische Miscellen". Museum Senckenbergianum, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte. 1: 195–276.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Megamyrmaekion at iNaturalist