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Genus of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Menneus Temporal range: | |
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M. nemesio | |
Scientific 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] | |
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As of May 2019[update] it contains fourteen species:[1]
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