Melpomene (spider)
| Melpomene | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Melpomene O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
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| Species | |
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13, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Melpomene is a genus of funnel weavers first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1898.[2] They range from southwestern U.S. (southern Arizona to western Texas) to Panama and can grow up to 7 to 8.5 millimetres (0.28 to 0.33 in) long. Roth and Brame noted that, with many undescribed species, the genus appears to be a catchall or "wastebasket taxon" for several unrelated species that may represent several genera.[3]
Species
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains thirteen species:[1]
- Melpomene bicavata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico
- Melpomene chamela Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 – Mexico
- Melpomene chiricana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Panama
- Melpomene coahuilana (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – Mexico
- Melpomene elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico
- Melpomene panamana (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama
- Melpomene penetralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica
- Melpomene plesia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Panama
- Melpomene quadrata (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
- Melpomene rita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA
- Melpomene singula (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico
- Melpomene solisi Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 – Mexico
- Melpomene transversa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Melpomene O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1898). Arachnida. Araneida.
- ^ Roth, V. D.; Brame, P. L. (1972). "Nearctic genera of the spider family Agelenidae (Arachnida, Araneida)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (2505): 1–51.