Melpomene

Melpomene is a genus of funnel weavers first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1898. They range from southwestern U.S. (southern Arizona to western Texas) to Panama and can grow up to 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. Species it contains thirteen species: Melpomene bicavata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico Melpomene chamela Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 – Mexico Melpomene chiricana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Panama Melpomene coahuilana (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – Mexico Melpomene elegans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 – Mexico Melpomene panamana (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama Melpomene penetralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Costa Rica Melpomene plesia Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 – Panama Melpomene quadrata (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador Melpomene rita (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941) – USA Melpomene singula (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico Melpomene solisi Maya-Morales & Jiménez, 2017 – Mexico Melpomene transversa (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico References