Family: Gnaphosidae

Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: other spellings (such as Megamyrmecion and Megamyrmecium) are unjustified emendations; considered a senior synonym of Dyction Walckenaer, 1837: 380 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06292] (type D. reuss Walckenaer, 1837 = Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834) by Simon, 1882b: 257; species from outside the Mediterranean are probably misplaced, per Murphy, 2007: 55.

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02447

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Last updated: 2025-08-11

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 12

SYNONYM: 6

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Reuss, 1834: 217 type Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834; gender neuter
Reference

Reuss, A. (1834). Zoologische Miscellen. Museum Senckenbergianum, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte 1: 195-276. -- Show included taxa

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