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Meleon is an African genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySalticidae
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Meleon is an African genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.

==Species== , this genus includes eight species: Meleon guineensis (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Uganda Meleon insulanus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Madagascar Meleon kenti (Lessert, 1925) – Angola, Southern Africa (type species) Meleon madagascarensis (Wanless, 1978) – Madagascar Meleon raharizonina Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Madagascar Meleon russata (Simon, 1900) – Madagascar Meleon solitaria (Lessert, 1927) – West, Central, East Africa Meleon tsaratanana Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Madagascar

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