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Gnaphosidae  Banks, 1892 / Megamyrmaekion  Reuss, 1834   3 species

Megamyrmaekion algericum Simon, 1885

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027476

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Description
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Algeria, Tunisia
Figures
species

male Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Murphy 2007)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Murphy 2007)

species

female Epigyne
(Murphy 2007)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Murphy 2007)

Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Libya   (Caporiacco, 1936b) ||| Tunisia   (Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Caporiacco L di (1936b) Aracnidi fezzanesi raccolti dal Prof. G. Scortecci nel 1934 - XII (Missione della R. Società Geografica). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 75: 67-94 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

Murphy J (2007) Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 605 pp. pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
10-08-2025 Distribution update Detail
19-12-2024 Distribution update Detail
23-09-2021 Image insert