Messapus is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.[2]
| Messapus | |
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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: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Messapus Simon, 1898[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. martini Simon, 1898 | |
| Species | |
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7, see text | |
Species
editAs of April 2019[update] it contains seven species:[1]
- Messapus martini Simon, 1898 — Zambia, South Africa
- Messapus megae Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Zimbabwe
- Messapus meridionalis Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — South Africa
- Messapus natalis (Pocock, 1898) — Mozambique, South Africa
- Messapus seiugatus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Guinea
- Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Botswana, Namibia
- Messapus tropicus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Congo
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Messapus Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Simon, E. (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.