Mermessus

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
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Linyphiidae
Subfamilia: Erigoninae
Genus: Mermessus
Species: M. agressus – M. albulus – M. annamae – M. antraeus – M. augustae – M. augustalis – M. avius – M. brevidentatus – M. bryantae – M. caelebs – M. coahuilanus – M. cognatus – M. colimus – M. comes – M. conexus – M. conjunctus – M. contortus – M. datangensis – M. denticulatus – M. dentiger – M. dentimandibulatus – M. dominicus – M. dopainus – M. entomologicus – M. estrellae – M. facetus – M. floridus – M. formosus – M. fractus – M. fradeorum – M. fuscus – M. hebes – M. holdus – M. hospita – M. ignobilis – M. imago – M. index – M. indicabilis – M. inornatus – M. insulsus – M. jona – M. leoninus – M. libanus – M. lindrothi – M. maculatus – M. maderus – M. major – M. mediocris – M. medius – M. merus – M. mniarus – M. modicus – M. montanus – M. monticola – M. moratus – M. naniwaensis – M. nigrus – M. obscurus – M. orbus – M. ornatus – M. paludosus – M. paulus – M. perplexus – M. persimilis – M. pinicola – M. probus – M. proximus – M. rapidulus – M. singularis – M. socius – M. sodalis – M. solitus – M. solus – M. subantillanus – M. taibo – M. tenuipalpis – M. tepejicanus – M. tibialis – M. tlaxcalanus – M. tridentatus – M. trilobatus – M. undulatus
Name

Mermessus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899

Type species: Mermessus dentiger O. P.-Cambridge, 1899
Synonymy

Eperigone Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Parerigone Berland, 1932 [preocc.]
Anerigone Berland, 1932 [nom. nov. pro Parerigone Berland, 1932]
Sinoria Bishop & Crosby, 1938
Aitutakia Marples, 1960

Type species: Aitutakia armata Marples, 1960

References

Marples, B.J. 1960: Spiders from some Pacific islands, part IV. The Cook Islands and Niue. Pacific science, 14: 382–388.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Mermessus is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. It was first described in 1899 by O. Pickard-Cambridge. As of 2017, it contains 81 species.[1]
Species list

Mermessus comprises the following species:[1]

Mermessus agressus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – US, Mexico
Mermessus albulus (Zorsch & Crosby, 1934) – US
Mermessus annamae (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
Mermessus antraeus (Crosby, 1926) – US, Mexico
Mermessus augustae (Crosby & Bishop, 1933) – US
Mermessus augustalis (Crosby & Bishop, 1933) – US, Canada
Mermessus avius (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus brevidentatus (Emerton, 1909) – US
Mermessus bryantae (Ivie & Barrows, 1935) – North America, Cuba, Venezuela, Azores
Mermessus caelebs (Millidge, 1987) – Panama, Venezuela
Mermessus coahuilanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – US, Mexico
Mermessus cognatus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico to Costa Rica
Mermessus colimus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus comes (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus conexus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus conjunctus (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
Mermessus contortus (Emerton, 1882) – US
Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1898) – US to Colombia (Europe, North Africa, introduced)
Mermessus dentiger O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 – US to Guatemala, Caribbean
Mermessus dentimandibulatus (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia, Peru
Mermessus dominicus (Millidge, 1987) – Dominica
Mermessus dopainus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico
Mermessus entomologicus (Emerton, 1911) – US, Canada
Mermessus estrellae (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus facetus (Millidge, 1987) – Costa Rica
Mermessus floridus (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus formosus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus fractus (Millidge, 1987) – Costa Rica
Mermessus fradeorum (Berland, 1932) – Cosmopolitan
Mermessus fuscus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus hebes (Millidge, 1991) – Venezuela
Mermessus holdus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) – US, Canada
Mermessus hospita (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus ignobilis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus imago (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus index (Emerton, 1914) – US, Canada
Mermessus indicabilis (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) – US
Mermessus inornatus (Ivie & Barrows, 1935) – US
Mermessus insulsus (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
Mermessus jona (Bishop & Crosby, 1938) – US, Canada
Mermessus leoninus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus libanus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus lindrothi (Holm, 1960) – Alaska
Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892) – Russia, Canada to Guatemala
Mermessus maderus (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus major (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus mediocris (Millidge, 1987) – US, Canada
Mermessus medius (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus merus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus mniarus (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) – US
Mermessus modicus (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus montanus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus monticola (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus moratus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus naniwaensis (Oi, 1960) – China, Japan
Mermessus nigrus (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Mermessus obscurus (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
Mermessus orbus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus ornatus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus paludosus (Millidge, 1987) – Canada
Mermessus paulus (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus perplexus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus persimilis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus pinicola (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus probus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus proximus (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
Mermessus rapidulus (Bishop & Crosby, 1938) – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Mermessus singularis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus socius (Chamberlin, 1949) – US
Mermessus sodalis (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus solitus (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus solus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
Mermessus subantillanus (Millidge, 1987) – Guadeloupe
Mermessus taibo (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – US, Canada
Mermessus tenuipalpis (Emerton, 1911) – US
Mermessus tepejicanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
Mermessus tibialis (Millidge, 1987) – US
Mermessus tlaxcalanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
Mermessus tridentatus (Emerton, 1882) – US, Canada, Puerto Rico
Mermessus trilobatus (Emerton, 1882) – Holarctic
Mermessus undulatus (Emerton, 1914) – US, Canada