Medmassa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corinnoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Castianeirinae
Genus: Medmassa
Species: M. celebensis – M. christae – M. diplogale – M. frenata – M. insignis – M. kitina – M. kltina – M. lingshui – M. postica – M. pulchra – M. sagax – M. semiaurantiaca – M. tigris – M. torta

Nomina dubia

• Medmassa brunneolanceata Caporiacco, 1955: 369 (j, Venezuela) -- Bonaldo, 2000: 34.
• Medmassa glabra Caporiacco, 1947a: 27 (j, Guyana) -- Bonaldo, 2000: 34.
• Medmassa nyctalops Simon, 1909f: 377 (f, Equatorial Guinea/Bioko) -- Haddad & Bosselaers, 2010: 11.
• Medmassa septentrionalis Caporiacco, 1954: 116 (j, French Guiana) -- Bonaldo, 2000: 34.

Name

Medmassa Simon, 1887

Type species: Megaera frenata Eugène Louis Simon, 1877, by original designation.

Gender: Feminine

Synonymy

• Megaera (Simon) Simon, 1877 (preoccupied by Megaera Wagler, 1830 Reptilia)
• Medmassa Eugène Simon, 1887 (replacement name for Megaera Simon, 1877)
• Astratea Thorell, 1890 (synonymized by Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 345)
  • Type species: Astratea insignis Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell

References

• 2010: Zootaxa, 2361: 1–12.
• Jin, C., Zhang, H.L. & Zhang, F. 2019. First records of the corinnid genera Allomedmassa Dankittipakul & Singtripop, 2014 and Medmassa Simon, 1887 from China, with the description of a new genus (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 4585(3): 459–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.3.3. Reference page. 
• Raven, R.J. 2015. A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa 3958(1): 1–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-693-8 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-694-5 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Sankaran, P.M., Kadam, G. & Tripathi, R. 2024. First records of Medmassa Simon, 1887 from India, with the description of two new species (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 5433(1): 133–143. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.6. . Reference page.