Myrmecomelix

Myrmecomelix
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993[1]
Type species
M. pulcher (Millidge, 1991)
Species
2, see text

Myrmecomelix is a genus of South American dwarf spiders that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1993.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains two species:[1]

• Myrmecomelix leucippus Miller, 2007 – Peru
• Myrmecomelix pulcher (Millidge, 1991) (type) – Ecuador, Peru

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Myrmecomelix Millidge, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
2. Platnick, N. I. (1993). Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980.