Megamyrmaekion

Megamyrmaekion is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by A. Reuss in 1834.^[2]

Megamyrmaekion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gnaphosidae
Genus:	Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834[1]
Type species
M. caudatum Reuss, 1834
Species
12, see text

Species

As of October 2021^[update] it contains twelve species:^[1]

• Megamyrmaekion algericum Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Tunisia
• Megamyrmaekion austrinum Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834 (type) – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran, India
• Megamyrmaekion hula Levy, 2009 – Israel
• Megamyrmaekion magshimim Levy, 2009 – Israel
• Megamyrmaekion nairobii Berland, 1920 – East Africa
• Megamyrmaekion pritiae (Tikader, 1982) – India
• Megamyrmaekion schreineri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Megamyrmaekion tikaderi (Gajbe, 1987) – India
• Megamyrmaekion transvaalense Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
• Megamyrmaekion velox Simon, 1887 – South Africa
• Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Niger, Egypt