Massagris Explained

Massagris is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa:^[2]

• Massagris honesta Wesolowska, 1993 – South Africa
• Massagris maculosa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
• Massagris mirifica Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
• Massagris mohale Wesolowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
• Massagris natalensis Wesolowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
• Massagris schisma Maddison & Zhang, 2006 – South Africa
• Massagris separata Wesolowska, 1993 – South Africa

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1900. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 381–407. 44. Eugène Simon.
2. Gen. Massagris Simon, 1900. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-19. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.