''Myrmecomelix'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

n dwarf spiders that was first described by

Norman I. Platnick Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Em ...

in 1993.

Species

it contains two species: *''

Myrmecomelix leucippus ''Myrmecomelix'' is a genus of South American Linyphiidae, dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993. Species it contains two species: *''Myrmecomelix leucippus'' Miller, 2007 – Peru *''Myrmecomelix pulcher'' (Milli ...

'' Miller, 2007 – Peru *''

Myrmecomelix pulcher ''Myrmecomelix'' is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993. Species it contains two species: *''Myrmecomelix leucippus'' Miller, 2007 – Peru *'' Myrmecomelix pulcher'' (Millidge, 1991 ...

'' (Millidge, 1991) (

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) – Ecuador, Peru

References

Araneomorphae genera Linyphiidae Spiders of South America {{Linyphiidae-stub

Species

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