Menemerus

Menemerus
Menemerus semilimbatus, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Menemerus
Simon, 1868[1]
Type species
Attus semilimbatus
Hahn, 1829
Species

See text.

Menemerus fulvus, female

Menemerus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae, the jumping spiders.[1] They are found worldwide in warmer climates.[2]

Spiders of this genus are 4 to 10 millimeters long, flattened in shape, and very hairy, usually with brown and grayish hairs. Most species have white edges on the thorax. The abdomen is often oval, or sometimes elongated or rounded.[2]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen.Menemerus Simon,1868". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
  2. 1 2 Wesołowska, W. (1999). A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 10(2) 251-353.

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