| Megamyrmaekion | |
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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: | Gnaphosidae |
| Genus: | Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. caudatum Reuss, 1834
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| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Megamyrmaekion is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by A. Reuss in 1834.[2]
Species
As of October 2021[update] it contains twelve species:[1]
- Megamyrmaekion algericum Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Tunisia
- Megamyrmaekion austrinum Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834 (type) – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran, India
- Megamyrmaekion hula Levy, 2009 – Israel
- Megamyrmaekion magshimim Levy, 2009 – Israel
- Megamyrmaekion nairobii Berland, 1920 – East Africa
- Megamyrmaekion pritiae (Tikader, 1982) – India
- Megamyrmaekion schreineri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Megamyrmaekion tikaderi (Gajbe, 1987) – India
- Megamyrmaekion transvaalense Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Megamyrmaekion velox Simon, 1887 – South Africa
- Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Niger, Egypt
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Reuss, A. (1834). "Zoologische Miscellen". Museum Senckenbergianum, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte. 1: 195–276.
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