Menneus is a
genus of
net-casting spiders that was first described by
Eugène Simon in 1876.[3] It includes the former genera Avella and Avellopsis. Species are found in Australia,
New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa.[1] Originally placed with the
cribellate orb-weavers, it was moved to the Deinopidae in 1967.[4]
Species
As of May 2019[update] it contains fourteen species:[1]
Menneus aussieCoddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Caledonia
Menneus bituberculatus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Queensland), possibly New Guinea
Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.)
Menneus wa Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Western Australia)
References
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abcdGloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019).
"Gen. Menneus Simon, 1876". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern.
doi:
10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
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abcCoddington, J. A.; Kuntner, M.; Opell, B. D. (2012). "Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 636: 12.
^Simon, E. (1876). "Etude sur le arachnides du Congo". Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 1: 215–224.
^Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 217.