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

Myrmecotypus formica (Simon, 1896)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024925

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (2582) - (Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024)

Taxonomic References

Apochinomma formica Simon, 1896b: 409 (Dm; specific epithet is a noun) Original description

Myrmecotypus formicus Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024: 474, f. 13A-D, 14F-J (m, T from Apochinomma)

References

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

Simon, E. (1896b). Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Clubionidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 40(9): 400-422. -- 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	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