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Genus: Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834 | Family: Gnaphosidae Banks, 1892

Megamyrmaekion vulpinum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027491

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Described:

Distribution: Niger, Egypt

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f (B.254, t.89) - (Levy, 1999d)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (B.627) of Megamyrmaekion pallescens - (Levy, 1999d)
Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2f (B.627, Ar. 4199) of Megamyrmaekion holosericeum - (Levy, 1999d)

Taxonomic References

Drassus vulpinus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 397, pl. 52, f. 22 (Df) Original description

Megamyrmecion holosericeum Simon, 1882b: 257, pl. 8, f. 21-22 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056102]

Scotophaeus vulpinus Simon, 1893a: 371 (T from Drassus)

Megamymecium pallescens Denis, 1955b: 105, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056103]

Megamyrmaekion vulpinum Levy, 1999d: 438 (T from Scotophaeus, S of Megamyrmaekion holosericeum and M. pallescens)

References

Denis, J. (1955b). Contribution à l'étude de l'Aïr (Mission L. Chopard et A. Villiers). Araignées. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 17(A): 99-146. -- 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

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1874a). On some new species of Drassides. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 42(3): 370-419, pl. 51-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1874.tb02495.x -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1882b). Étude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen méridional. In: Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso, dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Aviso "Esploratore" dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 18: 207-260, pl. 8. -- 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

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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

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