''Myrmecotypus'' is a
genus
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of
ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by
O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894.
Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyeri'', named after entomologist
Carl Rettenmeyer, has an unusual longitudinal band of black hairs extending along the midline of the
cephalothorax
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, enhancing its resemblance to ''
Camponotus sericeiventris'', an
ant
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it shares a
habitat
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with. The black hairs correspond to the solid longitudinal keel-like dorsal extensions of the posterior sections of the ant's thorax.
Species
it contains fourteen species in
North
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Etymology
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,
Central, and
South America
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:
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Myrmecotypus fuliginosus
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyer ...
''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (
type
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) – Mexico
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Myrmecotypus haddadi
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyer ...
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Perger & Rubio, 2021 – Bolivia
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Myrmecotypus iguazu
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyer ...
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Rubio & Arbino, 2009 – Bolivia, Argentina
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Myrmecotypus jasmineae
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicry, ant mimicking Corinnidae, corinnid sac spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the Unit ...
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Leister & Miller, 2014 – Nicaragua
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Myrmecotypus lineatipes''
Chickering, 1937 – Panama
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Myrmecotypus lineatus''
( Emerton, 1909) – USA
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Myrmecotypus niger''
Chickering, 1937 – Panama, Bolivia, Brazil
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Myrmecotypus olympus''
Reiskind, 1969 – Panama, Brazil
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Myrmecotypus orpheus
''Myrmecotypus'' is a genus of ant mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1894. Species mainly occur from Panama to Mexico, with one species found in the United States, and one in Argentina.
''M. rettenmeyer ...
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Reiskind, 1969 – Panama
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Myrmecotypus pilosus''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898) – Mexico, Panama
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Myrmecotypus rettenmeyeri''
Unzicker, 1965 – Panama
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Myrmecotypus rubioi''
Pett & Perger, 2021 – Bolivia
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Myrmecotypus rubrofemoratus''
Perger & Rubio, 2021 – Bolivia
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Myrmecotypus tahyinandu''
Perger & Rubio, 2020 – Bolivia
References
External links
Myrmecotypusat
BugGuide
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Pictures of ''M. lineatus''
Corinnidae genera
Corinnidae
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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