Melpomene | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains thirteen species: [1]
Melpomene | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
| |
Species | |
13, see text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
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]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains thirteen species: [1]