Mesida
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Mesida | |
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Scientific classification | |
: | [[Template:Taxonomy/Mesida]] Kulczyński, 1911[1] |
Type species | |
M. humilis Kulczyński, 1911
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Species | |
13, see text |
Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.[2]
Species[edit]
As of October 2019[update] it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:[1]
- Mesida argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland)
- Mesida culta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – India, Sri Lanka
- Mesida gemmea (Hasselt, 1882) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Java), Taiwan
- Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
- Mesida humilis Kulczyński, 1911 (type) – New Guinea
- Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
- Mesida pumila (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sumatra) to New Guinea
- Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles, Mayotte
- Mesida t. mauritiana (Simon, 1898) – Mauritius
- Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
- Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
- Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China, Laos
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Mesida Kulczyński, 1911". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
- ↑ Kulczyński, W. (1911), "Spinnen aus Nord-Neu-Guinea", Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann