''Melaenosia'' is a genus of spiders in the family
Mimetidae
Pirate spiders, members of the family Mimetidae, are araneomorph spiders which typically feed on other spiders.
The family Mimetidae contains roughly 200 species divided among 12 genera, of which ''Mimetus'' and '' Ero'' are the most common. M ...
. It was first described in 1906 by Simon. , it contains only one Indian species, ''Melaenosia pustulifera''.
References
Mimetidae
Monotypic Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of the Indian subcontinent
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