Megamyrmaekion

Megamyrmaekion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Megamyrmaekion ; Reuss, 1834
Type species
	M. caudatum ; Reuss, 1834
Species
	12, see text

Last updated September 26, 2025

Megamyrmaekion is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by A. Reuss in 1834.^[2]

Species

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

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-09-25.

[Reus1834-2] Reuss, A. (1834). "Zoologische Miscellen". Museum Senckenbergianum, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte. 1: 195–276.

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