Merenius

Merenius is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910.[2]

Merenius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Merenius
Simon, 1910[1]
Type species
M. plumosus
Simon, 1910
Species

12, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]

  • Merenius alberti Lessert, 1923 – Southern Africa
  • Merenius concolor Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
  • Merenius myrmex Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
  • Merenius plumosus Simon, 1910 (type) – Guinea-Bissau
  • Merenius proximus Lessert, 1929 – Congo
    • Merenius p. quadrimaculatus Lessert, 1946 – Congo
  • Merenius recurvatus (Strand, 1906) – Ethiopia, East Africa
  • Merenius secundus (Strand, 1907) – Tanzania
  • Merenius simoni Lessert, 1921 – Congo, East Africa
  • Merenius solitarius Lessert, 1946 – Congo
  • Merenius tenuiculus Simon, 1910 – Sierra Leone
  • Merenius yemenensis Denis, 1953 – Yemen

References

  1. "Gen. Merenius Simon, 1910". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  2. Simon, E. (1910). "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 44: 335–449.


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