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

Megamyrmaekion pritiae Tikader, 1982

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027833

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Described:

Distribution: India

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India f (5011/18) - (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b)
Paratype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India 1m (5012/18) - (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b)
Allotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India m (5012/18) - (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b)

Taxonomic References

Scopodes pritiae Tikader, 1982b: 369, f. 175-180 (Dmf) Original description

Megamyrmaekion pritiae Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b: 156, f. 7-9, 12-16 (mf, T from Scopoides)

References

Sankaran, P. M., Caleb, J. T. D. & Sebastian, P. A. (2019b). On the taxonomic validity of Indian ground spiders: I. Genus Scopoides Platnick, 1989 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 4648(1): 155-164. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.8 -- 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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2019-07-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b
2019-07-30	Species transferred to new genus	Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b		Species transferred from Scopoides to Megamyrmaekion

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