Menneus quasimodo

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: Menneus quasimodo

Name

Menneus quasimodo Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 23, f. 29A-G

Holotype: WAM: 26/465, 1 ♀.

Type locality: AUSTRALIA: WA, Norseman, 32°12′S 121°46′E, “senex,” 1926.

Etymology: Named after Victor Hugo’s famous literary character, Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame. The holotype spider resembles Quasimodo in having a “wart” and a “hump”.

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.