Myrmecisca birmanica Thorell, 1897

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Described:

Distribution: Myanmar, China

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (Ono et al., 2026)
Taxonomic References
Myrmecisca birmanica Thorell, 1897a: 240 (Df) Original description
Sphecotypus birmanicus Simon, 1897a: 171
Sphecotypus birmanicus Yamasaki et al., 2017: 22, f. 1-5, 7-8 (f)
Sphecotypus birmanicus Yamasaki & Rollard, 2022: 49, f. 2B, E (f habitus)
Peng birmanicus Lu et al., 2023b: 34, f. 9A-F, 10A-B, 11A-J (Dm, f, T from Sphecotypus)
Myrmecisca birmanica Ono et al., 2026: 46 (T from Peng)
References

Lu, Y., Chu, C., Lin, Z. X., Pham, D. S., Li, S. Q. & Yao, Z. Y. (2023b). Two new genera and five new species of Corinnidae Karsch, 1880 (Arachnida, Araneae) from China and Vietnam. ZooKeys 1165: 17-42. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1165.102672 -- Show included taxa

Ono, H., Suzuki, Y., Okumura, K. I. & Aung, M. M. (2026). Spider fauna of Myanmar, with a checklist of the species recorded from 1878 to 2025 (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 52(1): 1-56. doi: 10.50826/bnmnszool.52.1_1 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1897a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-192. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1897a). Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXXIII. Secondo saggio sui Ragni birmani. I. Parallelodontes. Tubitelariae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 37: 161-267. -- Show included taxa

Yamasaki, T., Hashimoto, Y., Endo, T., Hyodo, F., Itioka, T. & Tavano, M. L. (2017). A new species of the genus Sphecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 from Borneo, with a comparison with the holotype of S. birmanicus (Thorell, 1897) (Araneae, Corinnidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 110: 21-32. -- Show included taxa

Yamasaki, T. & Rollard, C. (2022). Redescription of Sphecotypus taprobanicus Simon 1897 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Acta Arachnologica 71(1): 49-51. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.71.49 -- 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
2026-03-28 New taxonomic reference entry Ono et al., 2026
2026-03-28 Species transferred to new genus Ono et al., 2026 Species transferred from Peng Lu & Li, 2023 to Myrmecisca Thorell, 1897
2026-03-28 Type repository inserted Ono et al., 2026
2023-05-31 New taxonomic reference entry Lu et al., 2023b
2023-05-31 Species transferred to new genus Lu et al., 2023b Species transferred from Sphecotypus to Peng
2023-05-31 Species distribution update Lu et al., 2023b Old value
2023-05-31 First description of male Lu et al., 2023b Old value
2022-07-04 New taxonomic reference entry Yamasaki & Rollard, 2022
2018-04-09 New taxonomic reference entry Yamasaki et al., 2017
2018-04-09 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Sphecotypus borneensis Yamasaki, 2017
2018-04-09 Species distribution update Yamasaki et al., 2017 Old value

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