Biology:Mesudus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Mesudus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Mesudus
Özdikmen, 2007[1]
Type species
M. solitarius
(Forster, 1970)
Species
  • (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand
  • M. setosus M. frondosus
  • (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand M. solitarius

Mesudus is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by H. Özdikmen in 2007.[2] (As of May 2019) it contains only three species, all found in New Zealand: M. frondosus, M. setosus, and M. solitarius.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/725. Retrieved 2019-05-31. 
  2. Özdikmen, H. (2007). "Nomenclatural changes for seven preoccupied spider genera (Arachnida: Araneae).". Munis Entomology and Zoology 2: 137–142. 

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