''Mecynidis'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n
dwarf spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.
Originally placed with the
tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.
Species
it contains eight species, found in
Angola
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,
Kenya
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,
South Africa
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, and
Tanzania
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:
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Mecynidis antiqua''
Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
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Mecynidis ascia''
Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
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Mecynidis bitumida''
Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
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Mecynidis dentipalpis''
Simon, 1894 (
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) – South Africa
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Mecynidis laevitarsis''
Miller, 1970 – Angola
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Mecynidis muthaiga''
Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
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Mecynidis scutata''
Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
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Mecynidis spiralis''
Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
See also
*
List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)
This page lists all described species of the spider family Linyphiidae as of July 12, 2020, from I to P, of World Spider Catalog version 21.0
''Ibadana''
'' Ibadana'' Locket & Russell-Smith, 1980
* '' Ibadana cuspidata'' Locket & Russell-Smith, ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Linyphiidae
Spiders of Africa
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