Massagris

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea

Familia: Salticidae
Genus: Massagris
Species: M. honesta – M. maculosa – M. mirifica – M. mohale – M. natalensis – M. schisma – M. separata
Name

Massagris Simon, 1900

Type species: Massagris constricta Eugène Simon, 1900, by subsequent designation
References
Primary references

Simon, E.L. 1900a. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44: 381-407. Reference page.

Additional references

Maddison, W.P. & Zhang, J.X. 2006. New lyssomanine and hisponine jumping spiders from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 1255: 29–35. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Wesołowska, W. 1993b. A revision of the spider genus Massagris Simon, 1900 (Araneae, Salticidae). Genus 4(2): 133–141. Reference page.
Wesołowska, W. & Haddad, C.R. 2014: An overview of the jumping spiders of Lesotho (Araneae: Salticidae), with descriptions of six new species. African Invertebrates 55(2): 229-268. Reference page.

Massagris is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2]
Species

As of June 2019 it contains seven species, found only in Lesotho and South Africa:[1]

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

References

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