Myrmapeni

Myrmapeni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus:
Prószyński, 2016[1]
Type species
Myrmapeni penicillata
Species

6, see text

Myrmapeni is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described in 2016 by Prószyński. As of 2017, it contains 6 widely dispersed species.[1]

Species

Myrmapeni comprises the following species:[1]

  • Myrmapeni borneensis (Peckham & Peckham, 1907)
  • Myrmapeni chickeringi (Galiano, 1969)
  • Myrmapeni diegoensis (Wanless, 1978)
  • Myrmapeni penicillata (Mello-Leitão, 1933)
  • Myrmapeni simplexella (Roewer, 1951)
  • Myrmapeni sumana (Galiano, 1974)

References

  1. ^ a b c "Salticidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-22.