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Genus: Myrmecisca Thorell, 1897 | Family: Corinnidae Karsch, 1880

Myrmecisca taprobanica (Simon, 1897)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025441

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Described: j

Distribution: Sri Lanka

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Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France jf (18347) - (Yamasaki & Rollard, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Sphecotypus taprobanicus Simon, 1897a: 170 (Df) Original description

Sphecotypus taprobanicus Yamasaki & Rollard, 2022: 49, f. 1A-D, 2A, D (jf habitus)

Peng taprobanicus Lu et al., 2023b: 31 (T from Sphecotypus)

Myrmecisca taprobanica Ono et al., 2026: 46 (T from Peng, by S of the genus)

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

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
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
2022-07-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Yamasaki & Rollard, 2022
2022-07-04	Species updated	Yamasaki & Rollard, 2022	Old value