Biology:Medmassa

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Medmassa is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887 under the name "Megaera",[1] later renamed because "Megaera" was already in use as a synonym of the reptile genus Trimeresurus.[2]

Species

As of September 2025 it contains 13 species:[3]

  • Medmassa celebensis (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
  • Medmassa christae Raven, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Medmassa diplogale Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Borneo
  • Medmassa frenata (Simon, 1877) (type) – Philippines
  • Medmassa insignis (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Medmassa kltina (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) – Philippines
  • Medmassa lingshui Lu & Li, 2023 – China (Hainan)
  • Medmassa postica Kadam, Tripathi & Sankaran, 2024 – India
  • Medmassa pulchra (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
  • Medmassa sagax Tripathi, Kadam & Sankaran, 2024 – India
  • Medmassa semiaurantiaca Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Central African Rep., Ethiopia, DR Congo, Kenya, Botswana, South Africa
  • Medmassa tigris (Deeleman-Reinhold, 1995) – Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo)
  • Medmassa torta Jin, H. Zhang & F. Zhang, 2019 – China (Hainan)

References

  1. Simon, E. (1887). "Observation sur divers arachnides: synonymies et descriptions.". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 7 (6): 193–195. 
  2. Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. p. 198. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 
  3. Gen. Medmassa Simon, 1887. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/554. Retrieved 2025-09-22. 
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