Mecynidis
Sign in to saveMecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyLinyphiidae
Observations recorded434
Mecynidis Simon, 1894, Histoire Naturelle des Araignees, 1: 507. Type species by original designation and monotopy: M. dentipalpis Simon.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- Family
- Linyphiidae
- Collections
- MCZ, ARC-PPRI, USNM, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Gabon, Southern Africa, South Africa, Tanzania
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- Parent taxon
- Linyphiidae
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- Mecynidis
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Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.
Its species are found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:
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