Menemerus Explained
Menemerus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1868.[1] They are 4to long, flattened in shape, and very hairy, usually with brown and grayish hairs. Most species have white edges on the thorax. The abdomen is often oval, or sometimes elongated or rounded.
Species
, it contains sixty-three species, found worldwide in warmer climates.[2] [3]
- M. affinis Wesolowska & van Harten, 2010 – United Arab Emirates
- M. albocinctus Keyserling, 1890 – India (Nicobar Is.)
- M. animatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 – Senegal to Iraq
- M. arabicus Prószyński, 1993 – Saudi Arabia
- M. bicolor Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Guatemala
- M. bifurcus Wesolowska, 1999 – Southern Africa
- M. bivittatus (Dufour, 1831) – Africa. Introduced to North, Central and South America, southern Europe, China, Japan, Australia, Pacific Is.,
- M. brachygnathus (Thorell, 1887) – India to Japan
- M. brevibulbis (Thorell, 1887) – Senegal to India
- M. carlini (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Southern Africa
- M. congoensis Lessert, 1927 – Sudan to South Africa
- M. cummingorum Wesolowska, 2007 – Zimbabwe
- M. davidi Prószyński & Wesolowska, 1999 – North Africa, Israel, Jordan
- M. desertus Wesolowska, 1999 – Algeria
- M. dimidius (Schmidt, 1976) – Canary Is.
- M. dubius Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea, Ivory Coast
- M. eburnensis Berland & Millot, 1941 – West Africa
- M. errabundus Logunov, 2010 – Israel, Iran
- M. fagei Berland & Millot, 1941 – West Africa to Yemen, Malta
- M. felix Hogg, 1922 – Vietnam
- M. formosus Wesolowska, 1999 – Kenya
- M. fulvus (L. Koch, 1878) – India to Japan
- M. guttatus Wesolowska, 1999 – Morocco
- M. illigeri (Audouin, 1826) – Portugal, North Africa, Middle East, St. Helena
- M. kochi Bryant, 1942 – Virgin Is.
- M. legalli Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali
- M. legendrei Schenkel, 1963 – China
- M. lesnei Lessert, 1936 – Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- M. lesserti Lawrence, 1927 – Southern Africa
- M. magnificus Wesolowska, 1999 – Cameroon
- M. marginalis (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
- M. marginatus (Kroneberg, 1875) – (Russia, Azerbaijan), Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, India Pakistan
- M. meridionalis Wesolowska, 1999 – South Africa
- M. minshullae Wesolowska, 1999 – Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa
- M. mirabilis Wesolowska, 1999 – Ethiopia
- M. modestus Wesolowska, 1999 – Tunisia
- M. namibicus Wesolowska, 1999 – Namibia
- M. natalis Wesolowska, 1999 – South Africa
- M. niangbo Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast
- M. nigeriensis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- M. nigli Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012 – Pakistan, India, Thailand. Introduced to Brazil
- M. pallescens Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- M. paradoxus Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
- M. patellaris Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- M. pentamaculatus Hu, 2001 – China
- M. pilosus Wesolowska, 1999 – Namibia, South Africa
- M. placidus Wesolowska, 1999 – Namibia
- M. plenus Wesolowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
- M. pulcher Wesolowska, 1999 – Mauritania
- M. rabaudi Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- M. regius Wesolowska, 1999 – Ethiopia
- M. rubicundus Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, South Africa
- M. sabulosus Wesolowska, 1999 – Namibia
- M. semilimbatus (Hahn, 1829) (type) – Canary Is., Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran. Introduced to Argentina, Chile, USA
- M. sengleti Logunov, 2023 – Iran
- M. soldani (Audouin, 1826) – North Africa
- M. taeniatus (L. Koch, 1867) – Mediterranean to Kazakhstan. Introduced to Argentina
- M. transvaalicus Wesolowska, 1999 – South Africa, Lesotho
- M. tropicus Wesolowska, 2007 – Kenya, Uganda
- M. utilis Wesolowska, 1999 – Tunisia
- M. vernei Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- M. wuchangensis Schenkel, 1963 – China
- M. zimbabwensis Wesolowska, 1999 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
Notes and References
- Simon. E.. 1868. Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 529–726. 8. 4. Eugène Simon.
- Wesołowska. W.. 1999. A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus. 10. 2. 251–353.
- Gen. Menemerus Simon, 1868. World Spider Catalog Version 24.5. 2023-10-27. 2023. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.
