Melychiopharis cynips

Melychiopharis cynips
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Melychiopharis
Simon, 1895
Species: M. cynips
Binomial name
Melychiopharis cynips
Simon, 1895

Melychiopharis cynips is an ant-mimicking spider from Brazil.

It was briefly transferred from the family Araneidae to Theridiidae between 2002 and 2005, based mainly on characteristics of the male palp.

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