Mecynidis

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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]

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Mecynidis
Scientific classification
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
Species

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Species

As of May 2019 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

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