The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/25367

Myrmecotypus lineatus (Emerton, 1909)

FAMILY: CORINNIDAE Karsch, 1880
    Genus: Myrmecotypus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894

        Species: Myrmecotypus lineatus (Emerton, 1909)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  antmimic spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA
Nearctic States & Provinces:   VA

Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: Murray, Tom

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Castianeira lineata Emerton 1909
Myrmecotypus lineatus Emerton 1909
Castianeira lineata Kaston 1948
Myrmecotypus lineatus Reiskind 1969
Myrmecotypus lineatus Reiskind 1970

Taxonomic References

Emerton, J. H. 1909. Supplement to the New England Spiders. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 14: 171-236.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Reiskind, J. 1970. First description of the male of Myrmecotypus lineatus (Araneae: Clubionidae: Castianeirinae). Fla Ent. 53: 27-29.

Reiskind, J. 1969. The spider subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America (Araneae, Clubionidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 138: 163-325.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/CORINNIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Myrmecotypus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894‡‡

No Other Species

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution