Menneus

Menneus
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
M. nemesio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Deinopidae
Genus: Menneus
Simon, 1876[1]
Type species
M. tetragnathoides
Simon, 1876
Species

14, see text

Synonyms[1][2]

Menneus is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876.[3] It includes the former genera Avella and Avellopsis. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa.[1] Originally placed with the cribellate orb-weavers, it was moved to the Deinopidae in 1967.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Coddington, J. A.; Kuntner, M.; Opell, B. D. (2012). "Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 636: 12.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1876). "Etude sur le arachnides du Congo". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 215–224.
  4. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 217.