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Myrmecium colombianum

Arachnida - Araneae - Corinnidae

Taxonomy
Myrmarachne colombiana was named by Poinar (2024). Its type specimen is Poinar C-10-272, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Colombian copal (Poinar coll), which is in a Holocene terrestrial amber in Colombia.

It was recombined as Myrmecium colombianum by Perger (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. indutum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Myrmecium colombianum Perger p. 446
2024Myrmarachne colombiana Poinar p. 604 figs. 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
—DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familyCorinnidaeKarsch 1880
subfamilyCastianeirinaeReiskind 1969
genusMyrmeciumLatreille 1824
speciescolombianum(Poinar 2024)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Myrmecium colombianum Poinar 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Colombia (Santander) Myrmarachne colombiana (168002)