Myrmecomelix

Myrmecomelix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Myrmecomelix ; Millidge, 1993
Type species
	M. pulcher ; (Millidge, 1991)
Species
	2, see text

Last updated May 18, 2025

Myrmecomelix is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains two species:^[1]

Myrmecomelix leucippus Miller, 2007 – Peru
Myrmecomelix pulcher (Millidge, 1991) (type) – Ecuador, Peru

References

1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-16.
↑ Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980 . New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913424-10-0.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-16.

[Plat1993-2] Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980 . New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913424-10-0.

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Myrmecomelix

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Species

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