Merenius Explained

Merenius is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species:^[2]

• Merenius alberti Lessert, 1923 – Southern Africa
• Merenius concolor Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
• Merenius myrmex Simon, 1910 – Guinea-Bissau
• Merenius plumosus Simon, 1910 (type) – Guinea-Bissau
• Merenius proximus Lessert, 1929 – Congo
  • Merenius p. quadrimaculatus Lessert, 1946 – Congo
• Merenius recurvatus (Strand, 1906) – Ethiopia, East Africa
• Merenius secundus (Strand, 1907) – Tanzania
• Merenius simoni Lessert, 1921 – Congo, East Africa
• Merenius solitarius Lessert, 1946 – Congo
• Merenius tenuiculus Simon, 1910 – Sierra Leone
• Merenius yemenensis Denis, 1953 – Yemen

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1910. Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie.. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 335–449. 44.
2. Gen. Merenius Simon, 1910. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-20. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.