Myrmecium (spider)

Myrmecium is a genus of ant-mimicking corinnid sac spiders first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1824. The unrelated jumping spider species Synemosyna formica has been mistaken for a member of this genus twice, once by Eugène Simon in 1897 (Myrmecium lunatum) and once by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1932 (Myrmecium rubrum).

Species
it contains thirty-nine species in South America and the Caribbean:
 * Myrmecium amphora Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela
 * Myrmecium bifasciatum Taczanowski, 1874 – Bolivia, Trinidad, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil
 * Myrmecium bolivari Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela, Colombia
 * Myrmecium bonaerense Holmberg, 1881 – Argentina
 * Myrmecium camponotoides Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium carajas Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium carvalhoi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium catuxy Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Colombia, Brazil
 * Myrmecium chikish Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru
 * Myrmecium cizauskasi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium dacetoniforme Mello-Leitão, 1932 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium deladanta Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Ecuador
 * Myrmecium diasi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium erici Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Guyana
 * Myrmecium ferro Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium fuscum Dahl, 1907 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
 * Myrmecium indicattii Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium latreillei (Lucas, 1857) – Brazil
 * Myrmecium lomanhungae Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium luepa Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela
 * Myrmecium machetero Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Bolivia, Peru
 * Myrmecium malleum Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Venezuela, Colombia
 * Myrmecium monacanthum Simon, 1897 – Colombia
 * Myrmecium nogueirai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru, Brazil
 * Myrmecium oliveirai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium oompaloompa Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil, Guyana
 * Myrmecium otti Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru, Brazil
 * Myrmecium pakpaka Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Peru
 * Myrmecium raveni Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium reticulatum Dahl, 1907 – Peru
 * Myrmecium ricettii Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Colombia, Brazil
 * Myrmecium rufum Latreille, 1824 (type) – Brazil
 * Myrmecium souzai Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium tanguro Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium tikuna Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium trifasciatum Caporiacco, 1947 – Guyana, Brazil
 * Myrmecium urucu Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Brazil
 * Myrmecium viehmeyeri Dahl, 1907 – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
 * Myrmecium yamamotoi Candiani & Bonaldo, 2017 – Suriname, Brazil