Taxon details

Family: Gnaphosidae / Genus: Megamyrmaekion

Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: - -
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027491]
  • Distribution: Niger, Egypt
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH), 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).
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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1999d). Spiders of six uncommon drassodine genera (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 427-452. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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