Merenius

Merenius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae
Genus:	Merenius Simon, 1910[1]
Type species
M. plumosus Simon, 1910
Species
12, see text

Merenius is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910.[2]

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains twelve species:[1]

• Merenius alberti Lessert, 1923 – Southern Africa
• Merenius concolor Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
• Merenius myrmex Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
• Merenius plumosus Simon, 1910 (type) – Guinea-Bissau
• Merenius proximus Lessert, 1929 – Congo
  • Merenius p. quadrimaculatus Lessert, 1946 – Congo
• Merenius recurvatus (Strand, 1906) – Ethiopia, East Africa
• Merenius secundus (Strand, 1907) – Tanzania
• Merenius simoni Lessert, 1921 – Congo, East Africa
• Merenius solitarius Lessert, 1946 – Congo
• Merenius tenuiculus Simon, 1910 – Sierra Leone
• Merenius yemenensis Denis, 1953 – Yemen

References

1. "Gen. Merenius Simon, 1910". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
2. Simon, E. (1910). "Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 44: 335–449.