Myrmecium (spider)


Myrmecium is a genus of ant-mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1824. The unrelated jumping spider species Synemosyna formica has been mistaken for a member of this genus twice, once by Eugène Simon in 1897 and once by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1932.

Species

it contains thirty-nine species in South America and the Caribbean:
  • Myrmecium amphora Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela
  • Myrmecium bifasciatum Taczanowski, 1874 – Bolivia, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
  • Myrmecium bolivari Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela, Colombia
  • Myrmecium bonaerense Holmberg, 1881 – Argentina
  • Myrmecium camponotoides Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium carajas Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium carvalhoi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium catuxy Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Colombia, Brazil
  • Myrmecium chikish Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru
  • Myrmecium cizauskasi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium dacetoniforme Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium deladanta Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Ecuador
  • Myrmecium diasi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium erici Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Guyana
  • Myrmecium ferro Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium fuscum Dahl, 1907 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
  • Myrmecium indicattii Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium latreillei – Brazil
  • Myrmecium lomanhungae Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium luepa Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela
  • Myrmecium machetero Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Bolivia, Peru
  • Myrmecium malleum Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela, Colombia
  • Myrmecium monacanthum Simon, 1897 – Colombia
  • Myrmecium nogueirai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru, Brazil
  • Myrmecium oliveirai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium oompaloompa Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil, Guyana
  • Myrmecium otti Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru, Brazil
  • Myrmecium pakpaka Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru
  • Myrmecium raveni Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium reticulatum Dahl, 1907 – Peru
  • Myrmecium ricettii Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Colombia, Brazil
  • Myrmecium rufum Latreille, 1824 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium souzai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium tanguro Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium tikuna Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium trifasciatum Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana, Brazil
  • Myrmecium urucu Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
  • Myrmecium viehmeyeri Dahl, 1907 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
  • Myrmecium yamamotoi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Suriname, Brazil