Medionops Explained

Medionops is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by A. Sánchez-Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2017.^[1]

Species

it contains seven species:^[2]

• Medionops blades Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Colombia
• Medionops cesari (Dupérré, 2014) — Ecuador
• Medionops claudiae Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Brazil
• Medionops murici Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Brazil
• Medionops ramirezi Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Brazil
• Medionops simla (Chickering, 1967) — Panama, Trinidad
• Medionops tabay Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017 — Venezuela

Notes and References

1. Sánchez-Ruiz. A.. Brescovit. A. D.. 2017. A new genus with seven species of the subfamily Nopinae (Araneae, Caponiidae) from the Neotropical region.. Zootaxa. 117–143. 4291. 1. 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.1.7.
2. Web site: Gen. Medionops Sánchez-Ruiz & Brescovit, 2017. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-01. Natural History Museum Bern.