Taxon details
Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
- Described:
- Last updated: 2021-09-23
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027479]
- Distribution: Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran, India
- External Resources *:
- Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); j (2864-107)
- Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); f (3293) of Drassus tarrhunensis (Bosmans & Hervé, 2021)
- Holotype: National Zoological Collections, Zoological Survey of India (NZC-ZSI), Kolkata, India; f of Megamyrmaekion ashae (Sankaran & Caleb, 2021)
- 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)
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).
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. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 -- 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. [plates in second pdf] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- 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
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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
Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
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2021-09-23 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sankaran & Caleb, 2021 | n/a |
2021-09-23 | Species distribution update | Sankaran & Caleb, 2021 | n/a (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 | n/a (Old value) |
2021-04-26 | New taxonomic reference entry | Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 | n/a |
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 | n/a |
2017-12-17 | Species distribution update | Zamani et al., 2017c | n/a (Old value) |