Biology:Meedo (spider)
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachycosmidae |
| Genus: | Meedo Main, 1987[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. houstoni Main, 1987
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Meedo is a genus of Australia n araneomorph spiders in the family Trachycosmidae, and was first described by Barbara York Main in 1987.[2]
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains thirteen species:[1]
- Meedo bluff Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Meedo booti Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Meedo broadwater Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland)
- Meedo cohuna Platnick, 2002 – eastern Australia
- Meedo flinders Platnick, 2002 – Australia (South Australia)
- Meedo gympie Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Meedo harveyi Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo houstoni Main, 1987 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo mullaroo Platnick, 2002 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland to Victoria)
- Meedo munmorah Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Meedo ovtsharenkoi Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo yarragin Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo yeni Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Meedo Main, 1987. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/885. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ↑ Main, B. Y. (1987). "A new genus of clubionoid spider from Western Australia (Arachnida: Araneomorphae).". Australian Entomological Magazine 13: 77–81.
Wikidata ☰ Q2169068 entry
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