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Genus: Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 | Family: Corinnidae Karsch, 1880

Myrmecotypus dacetonoides (Mello-Leitão, 1948)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024923

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Described:

Distribution: Guyana, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1933.11.27.2) - (Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024)
Holotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina m (Ar 19708) of Myrmecotypus iguazu - (Rubio & Arbino, 2009)
Allotype: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (MACN) “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina f (Ar 19709) of Myrmecotypus iguazu - (Rubio & Arbino, 2009)
Paratype: Colección Aracnológica de la Cátedra de Diversidad Animal I, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (CDA), Argentina 2m 4f (CDA 000.806-811) of Myrmecotypus iguazu - (Rubio & Arbino, 2009)
Paratype: Colección de Artrópodos de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (CARTROUNNE, CNNE), Corrientes, Argentina 1m (7818) of Myrmecotypus iguazu - (Rubio & Arbino, 2009)
Paratype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina 1f (17926) of Myrmecotypus iguazu - (Rubio & Arbino, 2009)

Taxonomic References

Apochinomma dacetonoides Mello-Leitão, 1948: 182, f. 23 (Df) Original description

Myrmecotypus iguazu Rubio & Arbino, 2009: 66, f. 1-12 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042523]

Myrmecotypus dacetonoides Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024: 466, f. 9A-E, G, 10A-E, 11A-I, 12A-N (mf, T from Apochinomma, S of Myrmecotypus iguazu)

References

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1948). Contribuição ao conhecimento da fauna araneológica das Guianas. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 20(2): 151-196. -- Show included taxa

Rubio, G. D. & Arbino, M. O. (2009). The first Myrmecotypus O. P.-Cambridge (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Argentina: description of Myrmecotypus iguazu new species. Zootaxa 2158: 65-68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2158.1.6 -- Show included taxa

Silva-Junior, C. J. & Bonaldo, A. B. (2024). A revision of the South American species of the ant-mimicking spider genus Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 5555(4): 451-496. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.4.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-12-20	Species distribution update	Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024	Old value
2024-12-20	Species synonymy	Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024		Myrmecotypus iguazu synonymized with Myrmecotypus dacetonoides
2024-12-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024
2024-12-20	Species transferred to new genus	Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024		Species transferred from Apochinomma to Myrmecotypus