Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027479

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Described:

Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran, India


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f of Megamyrmaekion ashae - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) f (3293) of Drassus tarrhunensis - (Bosmans & Hervé, 2021)
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) j (2864-107) -
  • Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 2f of Megamyrmaekion ashae - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021)
  • Allotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m of Megamyrmaekion ashae - (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021)
Taxonomic References
Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834: 217, pl. 18, f. 12 (Dj) Original description
Dyction reussi Walckenaer, 1837: 380 (Df)
Drassus tarrhunensis Karsch, 1881a: 12, pl. 1, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027011]
Megamyrmecion pumilum Simon, 1885i: 38 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027486]
Megamyrmecion caudatum Simon, 1893a: 370, f. 325, 330
Megamyrmaekion ashae Tikader & Gajbe, 1977a: 16, f. 2A-E (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027477]
Megamyrmaekion ashae Tikader, 1982b: 372, f. 181-186 (mf)
Megamyrmaekion caudatum Levy, 1999d: 442, f. 26, 30-31 (f; m is M. hula per Levy, 2009: 16)
Megamyrmaekion ashae Gajbe, 2007: 464, f. 109-114 (mf)
Megamyrmaekion caudatum Levy, 2009: 14, f. 29-32 (mf, S of Megamyrmecion pumilum)
Megamyrmaekion caudatum Zamani et al., 2017c: 61, f. 2D-F (mf)
Megamyrmaekion caudatum Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 60, f. 2b-c (f, S of Drassodes tarrhunensis)
Megamyrmaekion caudatum Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 545, f. 25-29, 32-37 (mf, S of Megamyrmaekion ashae)
References

Bosmans, R. & Hervé, C. (2021). Less is more: eight new synonyms in Mediterranean spiders (Araneae), with a new Pelecopsis species from Tunisia (Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 58-64. doi: 10.30963/aramit6109 -- Show included taxa

Gajbe, U. A. (2007). Araneae: Arachnida. In: Fauna of Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh), State Fauna Series. Zoological Survey of India Kolkata 15(1), 419-540. -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1881a). Verzeichniss der während der Rohlfs'schen africanischen Expedition erbeuteten Myriopoden und Arachniden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47(1): 1-14, pl. 1. -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1999d). Spiders of six uncommon drassodine genera (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 427-452. -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (2009). New ground-spider genera and species with annexed checklist of the Gnaphosidae (Araneae) of Israel. Zootaxa 2066: 1-49. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2066.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Reuss, A. (1834). Zoologische Miscellen. Museum Senckenbergianum, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte 1: 195-276. -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2021). On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: V. Genera Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834, Sosticus Chamberlin, 1922 and Gaviphosa gen. nov. (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5040(4): 539-564. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.4.5 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885i). Etudes sur les Arachnides recueillis en Tunisie en 1883 et 1884 par MM. A. Letourneux, M. Sédillot et Valéry Mayet, membres de la mission de l'Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. In: Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie, publiée sous les auspices du Ministère de l'instruction publique. Zoologie – Arachnides. Imprimerie nationale, Paris, 55 pp. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1893a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 257-488. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. & Gajbe, U. A. (1977a). Studies on some spiders of the genera Scopodes Chamberlin, Megamyrmecion Reuss, Scotophaeus Simon and Liodrassus Chamberlin (family: Gnaphosidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 73: 13-22. -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1982b). Part 2. Family Gnaphosidae. In: The fauna of India. Spiders: Araneae. Vol. II. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 295-536. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Dolejš, P., Marusik, Y. M., Esyunin, S. L., Hula, V. & Ponel, P. (2017c). New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part IV. Acta Arachnologica 66(2): 55-71. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.66.55 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A., Kropf, C.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 05.2018. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2021-09-23 New taxonomic reference entry Sankaran & Caleb, 2021
2021-09-23 Species distribution update Sankaran & Caleb, 2021 Old value
2021-09-23 Species synonymy Sankaran & Caleb, 2021 Megamyrmaekion ashae synonymized with Megamyrmaekion caudatum
2021-04-26 Species distribution update Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 Old value
2021-04-26 New taxonomic reference entry Bosmans & Hervé, 2021
2021-04-26 Species synonymy Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 Megamyrmaekion tarrhunense synonymized with Megamyrmaekion caudatum
2017-12-17 New taxonomic reference entry Zamani et al., 2017c
2017-12-17 Species distribution update Zamani et al., 2017c Old value

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