Melychiopharis cynips
Melychiopharis cynips | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Araneidae |
Genus: | Melychiopharis |
Species: | M. cynips
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Binomial name | |
Melychiopharis cynips Simon, 1895
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Melychiopharis cynips is an ant-mimicking spider from Brazil.
It was briefly transferred from the family Araneidae to Theridiidae between 2002 and 2005, based mainly on characteristics of the male palp.
References[]
- Santos, A.J., Brescovit A.D. & Levi, H.W (2005). Melychiopharis: an atypical orb-weaving spider from South America (Araneae: Araneidae). Zootaxa 1016:57–64 Abstract
Categories:
- Araneidae
- Spiders of Brazil
- Spiders described in 1895
- Araneidae stubs