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A revision of the South American species of the ant-mimicking spider genus Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae)

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  • 1. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Laboratório de Aracnologia. Av. Perimetral, 1901, Terra Firme, CEP 66077-830, Belém, Pará, Brazil & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia-Universidade Federal do Pará-Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, Pará, Brazil

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Silva-Junior, Cláudio J., Bonaldo, Alexandre B. (2024): A revision of the South American species of the ant-mimicking spider genus Myrmecotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 (Araneae: Corinnidae: Castianeirinae). Zootaxa 5555 (4): 451-496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5555.4.1

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