Myrmekiaphila

*Myrmekiaphila*
Myrmekiaphila
	; Myrmekiaphila tigris , female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Panarthropoda
Type of:	Arthropods
Subtype :	Chelicerae
Grade:	Arachnids
Squad:	Spiders
Suborder :	Opisthothelae
Infrastructure :	Megalomorphic spiders
Superfamily :	Cyrtauchenioidea
Family:	Euctenizidae
Gender:	Myrmekiaphila
International scientific name
	Myrmekiaphila GFAtk. , 1886
Area

Myrmekiaphila (lat.) Is a genus of migalomorphic spiders from the Euctenizidae family . There are 11 species living in the southeastern United States ^[1] . The length of the cephalothorax of different representatives of the genus is from 2.8 to 8 mm with a width of 2.2 to 6.8 mm ^[2] . Body color varies from yellowish red to reddish brown ^[2] . Spiders live in cobwebbed minks covered with “hatches” from soil bonded with cobwebs ^[2] . A unique feature of Myrmekiaphila is the presence of side chambers in the hole, which are often closed by additional hatches ^[2] .

Content

1 Distribution
2 Taxonomy and etymology
3 List of species
4 notes

Distribution

Representatives are common in the southeastern states of the United States: found in Virginia , Kentucky , North and South Carolina , Tennessee , Georgia , Alabama , Mississippi , Florida and Texas ^[2] .

Taxonomy and Etymology

The genus was identified in 1886 by George Francis Atkinson , giving it the name Myrmekiaphila due to the fact that he observed the hunt of these spiders for ants ( Greek. Μυρμήγκι - ant). For a long time, Myrmekiaphila were considered as part of the Ctenizidae family, until in 1985 the Australian arachnologist Robert Raven transferred them to another family - Cyrtaucheniidae , where they are now considered in the Euctenizinae subfamily ^[2] .

Species List

Currently, the species includes 11 species, which are combined into three groups ^[2] :

Group of species "foliata"
- Myrmekiaphila comstocki Bishop et Crosby, 1926
- Myrmekiaphila coreyi Bond et Platnick, 2007
- Myrmekiaphila foliata Atkinson, 1886
The group of species "fluviatilis"
- Myrmekiaphila fluviatilis (Hentz, 1850)
- Myrmekiaphila howelli Bond et Platnick, 2007
- Myrmekiaphila jenkinsi Bond et Platnick, 2007
- Myrmekiaphila millerae Bond et Platnick, 2007
- Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi Bond et Platnick, 2007
- Myrmekiaphila torreya Gertsch et Wallace, 1936
Group of species "minuta"
- Myrmekiaphila minuta Bond et Platnick, 2007
incertae sedis
- Myrmekiaphila flavipes (Petrunkevitch, 1925) - are known only from females, and therefore assignment to groups of species is impossible.

Notes

↑ Platnick NI (2012). List of species Euctenizidae . The world spider catalog, version 13.0. American Museum of Natural History. (Retrieved November 19, 2010)
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ Bond, JE, Platnick, NI, (2007). A Taxonomic Review of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae). American Museum Novitates 3596 : 1-30. Abstract , text

[platnick-1] Platnick NI (2012). List of species Euctenizidae . The world spider catalog, version 13.0. American Museum of Natural History. (Retrieved November 19, 2010)

[revision-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ Bond, JE, Platnick, NI, (2007). A Taxonomic Review of the Trapdoor Spider Genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae). American Museum Novitates 3596 : 1-30. Abstract , text