Minosia Explained

Minosia is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1921.^[1]

Species

it contains thirteen species and one subspecies:^[2]

• Minosia assimilis Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia, Uganda
• Minosia berlandi Lessert, 1929 – Congo
• Minosia bicalcarata (Simon, 1882) – Yemen
• Minosia clypeolaria (Simon, 1907) – Guinea-Bissau
• Minosia eburneensis Jézéquel, 1965 – Ivory Coast
• Minosia irrugata (Simon, 1907) – Guinea-Bissau
• Minosia karakumensis (Spassky, 1939) – Turkmenistan
• Minosia lynx (Simon, 1886) – Senegal
• Minosia pharao Dalmas, 1921 – Egypt, Israel
  • Minosia p. occidentalis Dalmas, 1921 – Algeria
• Minosia santschii Dalmas, 1921 – Tunisia, Libya
• Minosia senegaliensis Dalmas, 1921 – Senegal
• Minosia simeonica Levy, 1995 – Israel, Iran
• Minosia spinosissima (Simon, 1878) (type) – Spain, France, Israel

Notes and References

1. Dalmas. R. de. 1921. Monographie des araignées de la section des Pterotricha (Aran. Gnaphosidae).. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 233–328. 89.
2. Gen. Minosia Dalmas, 1921. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-06-04. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.