Family: Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0028] Back
Gen.
Menneus Simon, 1877 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03340 ]
N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 125; considered a senior synonym of Avella O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 574 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03337] (type A. despiciens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) by Rainbow, 1911: 123, confirmed by Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 217) and Avellopsis Purcell, 1904 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03338] (transferred from the Uloboridae to the Deinopidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 217) by Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12.
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2023-11-23
2023-11-23
Described in
Simon, 1876f: 218 (type Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877; gender masculine)
Simon, 1876f: 218 (type Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877; gender masculine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 14 | accepted |
| 2 | synonym |
| 3 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Simon, E. (1876f). Etude sur le arachnides du Congo. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 1(1): 12-15. 
| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-23 | Genus updated | Error corrected (Old value) |