Megamyrmaekion vulpinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnaphosoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea

Familia: Gnaphosidae
Genus: Megamyrmaekion
Species: Megamyrmaekion vulpinum

Name

Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)

Type locality: Egypt, Cairo.

Holotype: HECO. female ♀. HECO, B.254, t.89.

Synonymy

• Drassus vulpinus Pickard-Cambridge, 1874: 39
• Scotophaeus vulpinus (Pickard-Cambridge): Simon, 1893: 371
• Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (Pickard-Cambridge): Levy, 1999: 438
• Megamyrmecion holosericeum Simon, 1882: 257 (synonymized by Levi, 1999: 442)
  • Type locality: Assouan and Cairo, Egypt.
    • Syntypes: MNHN. 2 females ♀♀. B.627, Ar. 4199
• Megamymecium pallescens Denis, 1955: 105 (synonymized by Levi, 1999: 442)
  • Type locality: Monts Baguezans, 1.500-1.600 m.
    • Holotype: MNHN. female ♀. 01-04-IX.1947.

References

Primary references

• Pickard-Cambridge, O. 1874. On some new species of Drassides. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 42(3): 370-419. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1874.tb02495.x. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Denis, J. 1955b: Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Araignées. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 17(A): 99-146. Reference page. 
• Levy, G. 1999c. Spiders of six uncommon drassodine genera (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 427-452. Reference page. 
• Simon, E.L. 1882a. Étude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen méridional. In: Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso, dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Aviso "Esploratore" dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 18: 207-260. Reference page.