World Spider Catalog

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

Megamyrmaekion vickyae (Sherwood, Marusik, Sharp & Ashmole, 2023)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059422

ZooBank: 66935B7B-7C32-4276-9A5B-1707D8DA4ACC

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059422

Described:

Distribution: Ascension Is.

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK m (91) - (Sherwood et al., 2023g)
Paratype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1m 3f 1jm (35, 51, 65) - (Sherwood et al., 2023g)
Paratype: Manchester Museum of the University of Manchester (MMUE/MMUM), Manchester, United Kingdom 1f (G7572.13477) - (Sherwood et al., 2023g)
Paratype: Ascension Island Conservation Directorate Collection (ASC), Georgetown, Ascension Island 2f (01604, F13 2 PFJ) - (Sherwood et al., 2023g)

Taxonomic References

Australoechemus vickyae Sherwood et al., 2023g: 293, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-C, 4A-D (Dmf) Original description

Megamyrmaekion vickyae Truong et al., 2026: 437 (T from Australoechemus)

References

Sherwood, D., Marusik, Y. M., Sharp, A. & Ashmole, P. (2023g). A survey of Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Ascension Island with description of a new species of Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994. African Invertebrates 96(3): 291-302. doi: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.113946 ZooBank: DDA2967E-348B-41F9-8B23-4E237A584916 -- Show included taxa

Truong, B. P., Le, T. T. S., Uyen, P. T. T., Phan, Q. T. & Hoang, Q. D. (2026). New synonymy and combinations in Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834 (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Zootaxa 5853(3): 433-440. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.3.10 ZooBank: 28CC1CCE-2B3A-4F27-B5F1-2F3165006342 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-07-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Truong et al., 2026
2026-07-23	Species transferred to new genus	Truong et al., 2026	Species transferred from Australoechemus Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 to Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834
2023-11-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2023g
2023-11-15	New species inserted	Sherwood et al., 2023g