Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.[3]
| Mecynidis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Mecynidis Simon, 1894[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. dentipalpis Simon, 1894
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| Species | |
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8, see text | |
Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains eight species, found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:[1]
- Mecynidis antiqua Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Mecynidis ascia Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
- Mecynidis bitumida Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
- Mecynidis dentipalpis Simon, 1894 (type) – South Africa
- Mecynidis laevitarsis Miller, 1970 – Angola
- Mecynidis muthaiga Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
- Mecynidis scutata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
- Mecynidis spiralis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Mecynidis Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- ^ Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Levi, H. W. (1964). "Redescription of the type species of the spider genera Artonis, Chorizopes and Mecynidis (Araneae: Araneidae and Linyphiidae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 16: 209.