Myrmecotypus myrmecioides (Mello-Leitão, 1922)

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

External Resources*: GBIF

Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MNRJ), Brazil f (741, destroyed by the fire 2018) - (Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024)
Taxonomic References
Apochinomma myrmecioides Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 47 (Df) Original description
Myrmecotypus myrmecioides Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024: 454 (T from Apochinomma, type destroyed, not identifiable, nomen dubium)
References

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1922b). Novas clubionidas do Brasil. Archivos da Escola Superior de Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria, Rio de Janeiro 6: 17-56. -- 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 Taxon is nomen dubium Silva-Junior & Bonaldo, 2024 Myrmecotypus myrmecioides (Mello-Leitão, 1922) declared a nomen dubium
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

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