Biology:Mesida

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Mesida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Mesida
Kulczyński, 1911[1]
Type species
M. humilis
Kulczyński, 1911
Species

13, see text

Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.[2]

Species

(As of October 2019) 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, 1995Philippines
  • 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, 2003China
  • Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China, Laos

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Mesida Kulczyński, 1911. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3289. Retrieved 2019-11-16. 
  2. 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 

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