Myrmecomelix
| Myrmecomelix | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. pulcher (Millidge, 1991)
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| Species | |
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Myrmecomelix is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only two species, both found in Ecuador and Peru: M. leucippus and M. pulcher.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- ^ Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980.