Menemerus modestus

Menemerus modestus is a jumping spider species in the genus Menemerus that lives in Tunisia.[1] It is related to Menemerus guttatus.[2] It was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1999.[1] The species name derives from the Latin for quiet, modestus.[2]

Menemerus modestus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Menemerus
Species:
M. modestus
Binomial name
Menemerus modestus

References

  1. World Spider Catalog (2017). "Menemerus modestus Wesolowska, 1999". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  2. Wesołowska, W. (1999). "A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Genus. 10: 251–353. Retrieved 19 February 2017.


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