Medmassa

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: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Castianeirinae
Genus: Merenius
Species: M. alberti – M. concolo – M. myrmex – M. plumosus – M. proximus – M. recurvatus – M. secundus – M. simoni – M. solitarius – M. tenuiculus – M. yemenensis
Name

Merenius Simon, 1910

Type species: Merenius plumosus Simon, 1910: 373

References
Primary references

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 44: 335–449. [original description]

Merenius is a genus of corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1910.[2]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains twelve species:[1]

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

References

"Gen. Merenius Simon, 1910". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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. 44: 335–449.