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Mesida

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Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTetragnathidae

Mesida is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de Tetragnathidae (Strekspinnen). Soorten Mesida argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) Mesida gemmea (Hasselt, 1882) Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 Mesida humilis Kulczynski, 1911 Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975 Mesida pumila (Thorell, 1877) Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) Mesida thorelli mauritiana (Simon, 1898) Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975 Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
63
Family
Tetragnathidae
Collections
FMNH, AM, QM
Recorded in
Philippines, Timor-Leste, Australia, Papua New Guinea

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tetragnathidae
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taxon name
Mesida
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Mesida
taxon author citation
Kulczynski, 1911
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Encyclopedic overview

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Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.

==Species== it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia: Mesida argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland) Mesida culta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – India, Sri Lanka Mesida gemmea (Hasselt, 1882) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Java), Taiwan Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea Mesida humilis Kulczyński, 1911 (type) – New Guinea Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea Mesida pumila (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sumatra) to New Guinea Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles, Mayotte Mesida t. mauritiana (Simon, 1898) – Mauritius Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China, Laos

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