''Merenius'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
corinnid sac spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1910.
Species
it contains twelve species:
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Merenius alberti''
Lessert, 1923 – Southern Africa
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Merenius concolor''
Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
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Merenius myrmex''
Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
*''
Merenius plumosus''
Simon, 1910 (
type
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* ...
) – Guinea-Bissau
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Merenius proximus''
Lessert, 1929 – Congo
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Merenius p. quadrimaculatus''
Lessert, 1946 – Congo
*''
Merenius recurvatus''
(Strand
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* ...
, 1906) – Ethiopia, East Africa
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Merenius secundus''
(Strand, 1907) – Tanzania
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Merenius simoni''
Lessert, 1921 – Congo, East Africa
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Merenius solitarius''
Lessert, 1946 – Congo
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Merenius tenuiculus''
Simon, 1910 – Sierra Leone
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Merenius yemenensis''
Denis, 1953 – Yemen
References
Araneomorphae genera
Corinnidae
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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