Menneus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Uloboroidea

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 Superfamilia: Uloboroidea

Familia: Deinopidae
Genus: Menneus
Species (14): M. aussie – M. bituberculatus – M. camelus – M. capensis – M. darwini – M. dromedarius – M. nemesio – M. neocaledonicus – M. quasimodo – M. samperi – M. superciliosus – M. tetragnathoides – M. trinodosus – M. wa

Name

Menneus Simon, 1876f

Type species: Menneus tetragnathoides Eugène Louis Simon, 1876

Gender: Masculine

Synonymy

• Menneus Simon, 1876: 218; Lehtinen, 1967: 217, 306; Platnick, 2010; Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012
• Avella Pickard-Cambridge, 1877: 574; Lehtinen, 1967: 217, 306; Platnick, 2010. (synonymized by Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12)
  • [Type species Avella despiciens Pickard-Cambridge, 1877, from Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, by monotypy].
• Avellopsis Purcell, 1904: 128; Lehtinen, 1967: 217, 306; Platnick, 2010. (synonymized by Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12)
  • [Type species Avellopsis capensis Purcell, 1904, from Kalk Bay Mountain, South Africa, by monotypy].

Primary references

• Simon, E. 1876. Etude sur le arachnides du Congo. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 1: 216–224. BHL Reference page. 

References

• Coddington, 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) abstract and full article (PDF) Reference page.