Megamyrmaekion
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Megamyrmaekion
| type_species = M. caudatum
| type_species_authority = Reuss, 1834
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 12, see text
}}
Megamyrmaekion is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by A. Reuss in 1834.{{cite journal|last=Reuss|first=A.|year=1834|title=Zoologische Miscellen.|journal=Museum Senckenbergianum, Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte|pages=195–276|volume=1}}
Species
{{as of|2021|10}} it contains twelve species:{{cite journal|title=Gen. Megamyrmaekion Reuss, 1834|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/957|doi=10.24436/2}}
- Megamyrmaekion algericum Simon, 1885 – Algeria, Tunisia
- Megamyrmaekion austrinum Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Megamyrmaekion caudatum Reuss, 1834 (type) – Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran, India
- Megamyrmaekion hula Levy, 2009 – Israel
- Megamyrmaekion magshimim Levy, 2009 – Israel
- Megamyrmaekion nairobii Berland, 1920 – East Africa
- Megamyrmaekion pritiae (Tikader, 1982) – India
- Megamyrmaekion schreineri Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Megamyrmaekion tikaderi (Gajbe, 1987) – India
- Megamyrmaekion transvaalense Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
- Megamyrmaekion velox Simon, 1887 – South Africa
- Megamyrmaekion vulpinum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) – Niger, Egypt
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