Myrmecotypus olympus Reiskind, 1969

Figs 1A, 2A–L, 3A–D

Myrmecotypus olympus Reiskind, 1969: 275, figs 258–261, 289 (holotype, ♂, PANAMÁ: Canal Zone, Barro Colorado Island; in Museum of Comparative Zoology, not examined); Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB19, figs 57–60 (♂ ♀).

Diagnosis. Males of M. olympus can be distinguished from those of other species of Myrmecotypus by the presence of paracymbial spines on the retrolateral margin (Fig. 3A). Females resemble those of M. orpheus by the copulatory openings directed anteriorly but differ by the medial epigynal depression strongly recurved (Fig. 3C), whereas they are nearly straight in M. orpheus (Reiskind 1969: figs 253–254).

Description. See Reiskind 1969: 275–277.

Variation. Some males and females exhibit a darker coloration, with the carapace, abdomen, chelicerae and sternum dark brownish (Fig. 2). The coxae III and IV are brownish, and the other segments of the legs are darker; coxae I and II are white, femora I and II with black lines. Along with Myrmecotypus jasmineae Leister & Miller, 2014, this is the second recorded case of polymorphism in Myrmecotypus .

New records. GUYANA: Georgetown: Iwokrama, Forest Research Station [06°49’20.5’’S, 58°09’04.2’’W], 1♀, 14 ̶ 19.I.1996, W. Tschinkel leg. (CASENT-9036810) . BOLIVIA: Beni: Estação Ecológica de Beni [14°33’24.0’’S, 66°05’14.8’’W], 1♂, 10.IX.1987, J. Coddington leg. (MPEG) . BRAZIL: Roraima: Alto Alegra, Estação Ecológica de Maracá [03°20’01.2’’S, 61°46’37.7’’W], 1♀, 24. III.1987, A.A. Lise leg. (MCN-17597) ; Amazonas: São Gabriel da Cachoeira: Pico da Neblina [00°48’04.3’’N, 66°00’19.6’’W], 1♂, 26.IX.2007, A. Nogueira leg. (MPEG) ; Cachoeira do Tucano [00°41’57.9’’N, 67°27’29.1’’W], 1♂, 24.IX.2007, A. Nogueira leg. (MPEG) ; Porto Urucu [04°53’03.7’’S, 65°20’56.8’’W], 1♂ (MPEG) ; Manaus, Arquipélago das Anavilhas [02°42’00.5’’S, 60°44’54.9’’W], 1♂, VIII.1999, A.J. Santos leg. (IBSP, IB-36215) ; Pará: Serra do Cachimbo, Campo de Provas Brigadeiro Velloso, 09°22’24’’S, 55°01’10’’W, 1♀, 9.IX.2003, A.B. Bonaldo leg. (MPEG (ARA)-003166) ; Same data but 1♂, 12.IX.2003 (MPEG (ARA)-003203) ; Same data but 1♂, 18.IX.2003, (MPEG (ARA)-003205) ; Same data but 1♂, 12.IX.2003, D. Guimarães leg. (MPEG (ARA)-003169) ; Bahia: Uruçaca, Fazenda Almada [14°39’34.7’’S, 39°11’21.9’’W], 1♂, 27.XI.1987, J. Coddington leg. (MCN-20249) .

Distribution. Panamá and northern South America (Fig. 25).