World Spider Catalog

Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Family | ACCEPTED

Nomina dubia

Melicymnis Simon, 1885, type M. bicolor Simon, 1885 -- Murphy, 2007: 589

Gen. Melicymnis Simon, 1885 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04551

type Melicymnis bicolor Simon, 1885; gender feminine

N.B.: for other formerly included species see Setaphis, also misspelled as Mulicymnis.

Nomen dubium:

Melicymnis bicolor Simon, 1885d: 23, pl. 10, f. 22 (j, India) -- Murphy, 2007: 589

Melicymnis bicolor Simon, 1885 | j | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051344 TYPE SPECIES

Melicymnis bicolor Simon, 1885h: 23, pl. 10, f. 22 (Dj; unidentifiable) Original description

Mulicymnis bicolor Simon, 1893a: 370 (unjustified emendation)

Melicymnis bicolor Murphy, 2007: 589, f. 594 (nomen dubium, citing Platnick 2006, World Spider Catalog. Version 6.5 or 7.0 - apparently never published to be a nomen dubium)

Melicymnis bicolor Sankaran & Caleb, 2025: 134, f. 4-5 (j, species inquirenda; maintained a nomen dubium)