Mermessus

Mermessus is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. It was first described in 1899 by O. Pickard-Cambridge. As of 2017, it contains 81 species.[1]

For the town of the ancient Troad, see Mermessus (Troad).

Mermessus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Subfamily: Erigoninae
Genus: Mermessus
Pickard-Cambridge[1]
Type species
Mermessus dentiger
O. P.-Cambridge, 1899
Species

81, see text

Synonyms
  • Eperigone Crosby & Bishop, 1928
  • Parerigone Berland, 1932 (preocc.)
  • Anerigone Berland, 1932 (nom. nov. pro Parerigone Berland, 1932)
  • Sinoria Bishop & Crosby, 1938
  • Aitutakia Marples, 1960

Species list

Mermessus comprises the following species:[1]

  • Mermessus agressus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – US, Mexico
  • Mermessus albulus (Zorsch & Crosby, 1934) – US
  • Mermessus annamae (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
  • Mermessus antraeus (Crosby, 1926) – US, Mexico
  • Mermessus augustae (Crosby & Bishop, 1933) – US
  • Mermessus augustalis (Crosby & Bishop, 1933) – US, Canada
  • Mermessus avius (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus brevidentatus (Emerton, 1909) – US
  • Mermessus bryantae (Ivie & Barrows, 1935) – North America, Cuba, Venezuela, Azores
  • Mermessus caelebs (Millidge, 1987) – Panama, Venezuela
  • Mermessus coahuilanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – US, Mexico
  • Mermessus cognatus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico to Costa Rica
  • Mermessus colimus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus comes (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus conexus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus conjunctus (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
  • Mermessus contortus (Emerton, 1882) – US
  • Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1898) – US to Colombia (Europe, North Africa, introduced)
  • Mermessus dentiger O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 – US to Guatemala, Caribbean
  • Mermessus dentimandibulatus (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia, Peru
  • Mermessus dominicus (Millidge, 1987) – Dominica
  • Mermessus dopainus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico
  • Mermessus entomologicus (Emerton, 1911) – US, Canada
  • Mermessus estrellae (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus facetus (Millidge, 1987) – Costa Rica
  • Mermessus floridus (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus formosus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus fractus (Millidge, 1987) – Costa Rica
  • Mermessus fradeorum (Berland, 1932) – Cosmopolitan
  • Mermessus fuscus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus hebes (Millidge, 1991) – Venezuela
  • Mermessus holdus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) – US, Canada
  • Mermessus hospita (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus ignobilis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus imago (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus index (Emerton, 1914) – US, Canada
  • Mermessus indicabilis (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) – US
  • Mermessus inornatus (Ivie & Barrows, 1935) – US
  • Mermessus insulsus (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
  • Mermessus jona (Bishop & Crosby, 1938) – US, Canada
  • Mermessus leoninus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus libanus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus lindrothi (Holm, 1960) – Alaska
  • Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892) – Russia, Canada to Guatemala
  • Mermessus maderus (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus major (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus mediocris (Millidge, 1987) – US, Canada
  • Mermessus medius (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus merus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus mniarus (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) – US
  • Mermessus modicus (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus montanus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus monticola (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus moratus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus naniwaensis (Oi, 1960) – China, Japan
  • Mermessus nigrus (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
  • Mermessus obscurus (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
  • Mermessus orbus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus ornatus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus paludosus (Millidge, 1987) – Canada
  • Mermessus paulus (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus perplexus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus persimilis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus pinicola (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus probus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus proximus (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
  • Mermessus rapidulus (Bishop & Crosby, 1938) – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
  • Mermessus singularis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus socius (Chamberlin, 1949) – US
  • Mermessus sodalis (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus solitus (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus solus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
  • Mermessus subantillanus (Millidge, 1987) – Guadeloupe
  • Mermessus taibo (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – US, Canada
  • Mermessus tenuipalpis (Emerton, 1911) – US
  • Mermessus tepejicanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
  • Mermessus tibialis (Millidge, 1987) – US
  • Mermessus tlaxcalanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
  • Mermessus tridentatus (Emerton, 1882) – US, Canada, Puerto Rico
  • Mermessus trilobatus (Emerton, 1882) – Holarctic
  • Mermessus undulatus (Emerton, 1914) – US, Canada

See also

References
  1. "Linyphiidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-13.
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