Mesida
Genus of spiders
| Mesida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Mesida Kulczyński, 1911[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. humilis Kulczyński, 1911 | |
| Species | |
| 13, see text | |
Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.[2]
Species
As of October 2019[update] it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:[1]
- Mesida argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland)
- Mesida culta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – India, Sri Lanka
- Mesida gemmea (Hasselt, 1882) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Java), Taiwan
- Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
- Mesida humilis Kulczyński, 1911 (type) – New Guinea
- Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
- Mesida pumila (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sumatra) to New Guinea
- Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles, Mayotte
- Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
- Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
- Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China, Laos
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Mesida Kulczyński, 1911". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ^ Kulczyński, W. (1911), "Spinnen aus Nord-Neu-Guinea", Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann
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