''Meleon'' is a

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that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.

Species

it contains eight species, found only in Africa: *'' Meleon guineensis'' (

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& Millot, 1941) –

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, Ivory Coast, Congo *'' Meleon insulanus'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 –

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Meleon madagascarensis ''Meleon'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984. Species it contains eight species, found only in Africa: *'' Meleon guineensis'' (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Congo *'' Meleon insu ...

'' (Wanless, 1978) – Madagascar *'' Meleon raharizonina'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Madagascar *'' Meleon russata'' ( Simon, 1900) – Madagascar *'' Meleon solitaria'' (Lessert, 1927) – West, Central,

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*'' Meleon tsaratanana'' Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 – Madagascar

References

External links

* Salticidae.org
Diagnostic drawings
of all species (with photograph of ''M. solitaria'') Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of Africa {{Jumping-spider-stub