''Nyssus'' 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

Charles Athanase Walckenaer Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...

in 1805.

Species

it contains fifteen species: *'' Nyssus albopunctatus'' (Hogg, 1896) — Australia (Northern Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania), New Zealand *'' Nyssus avidus'' (Thorell, 1881) — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus coloripes'' Walckenaer, 1805 — Australia (mainland, Tasmania). Introduced to New Zealand *'' Nyssus emu'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus insularis'' (L. Koch, 1873) — Fiji, Solomon Is. *'' Nyssus jaredwardeni'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus jonraveni'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (South Australia, Queensland) *'' Nyssus loureedi'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Lord Howe Is.) *'' Nyssus luteofinis'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus paradoxus'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus pseudomaculatus'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *'' Nyssus robertsi'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus semifuscus'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus wendyae'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland) *'' Nyssus yuggera'' Raven, 2015 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

References

Araneomorphae genera Corinnidae {{Corinnidae-stub