A taxonomic review of the trapdoor spider genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae)

Title Variants

Alternative: Spider genus Myrmekiaphila

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3596

By

Bond, Jason E.

Platnick, Norman I.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c2007

Notes

Caption title.

"December 12, 2007."

The mygalomorph spider genus Myrmekiaphila comprises 11 species known only from the southeastern United States. The type species, M. foliata Atkinson, is removed from the synonymy of M. fluviatilis (Hentz) and placed as a senior synonym of M. atkinsoni Simon. A neotype is designated for M. fluviatilis and males of the species are described for the first time. Aptostichus flavipes Petrunkevitch is transferred to Myrmekiaphila. Six new species are described: M. coreyi and M. minuta from Florida, M. neilyoungi from Alabama, M. jenkinsi from Tennessee and Kentucky, and M. millerae and M. howelli from Mississippi.

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Myrmekiaphila , Southern States , Spiders , Trap-door spiders

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3596 2007

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3596[1:ATROTT]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 184722314