Menneus

Menneus; Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	M. nemesio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Deinopidae
Genus:	Menneus; Simon, 1876
Type species
	M. tetragnathoides; Simon, 1876
Species
	14, see text
Synonyms
	Avella O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877; Avellopsis Purcell, 1904;

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]

Species[edit]

As of May 2019^[update] it contains fourteen species:^[1]

Menneus aussie Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Caledonia
Menneus bituberculatus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Queensland), possibly New Guinea
Menneus camelus Pocock, 1902 – South Africa
Menneus capensis (Purcell, 1904) – South Africa
Menneus darwini Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Tanzania
Menneus dromedarius Purcell, 1904 – South Africa, Madagascar
Menneus nemesio Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (New South Wales)
Menneus neocaledonicus (Simon, 1888) – New Caledonia
Menneus quasimodo Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Western Australia)
Menneus samperi Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – East Africa
Menneus superciliosus (Thorell, 1881) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1876 (type) – Angola, Malawi, Tanzania
Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
Menneus wa Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Western Australia)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Menneus Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c Coddington, J. A.; Kuntner, M.; Opell, B. D. (2012). "Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 636: 12.
^ Simon, E. (1876). "Etude sur le arachnides du Congo". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 215–224.
^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 217.

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[NMBE-1] Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Menneus Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[Codd2012-2] Coddington, J. A.; Kuntner, M.; Opell, B. D. (2012). "Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 636: 12.

[Simo1876-3] Simon, E. (1876). "Etude sur le arachnides du Congo". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 215–224.

[Leht1967-4] Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 217.

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