| Melychiopharis cynips | |
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| 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 |
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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.