Family: Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0037] Back
Gen.
Melpomene O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01833 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Ritalena Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04783] (type type R. rita Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) by Roth, 1972: 11 and Roth & Brame, 1972: 45.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2022-01-31
2022-01-31
Described in
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 285 (type Melpomene elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; gender feminine)
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 285 (type Melpomene elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 13 | accepted |
Reference
Edit history
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1898a). Arachnida. Araneida. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 1, 233-288, pl. 29-39. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] 
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