Messapus

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: Messapus
Species: M. martini – M. megae – M. meridionalis – M. secundus – M. seiugatus – M. tigris – M. tropicus
Name

Messapus Simon, 1898a: 214

Type species: Messapus martini Simon, 1898

Primary references

Haddad, C.R. & Mbo, Z. 2015. Five new species of the Afrotropical dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 4057(3): 385–398. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Simon, E., 1898a: Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 193–380.

References

Haddad, C.R. 2013: Taxonomic notes on the spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae, Corinnidae), with the description of the new genera Copuetta and Wasaka and the first cladistic analysis of Afrotropical Castianeirinae. Zootaxa 3688(1): 1–79. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3688.1.1 Reference page.

Messapus is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.[2]
Species

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

Messapus martini Simon, 1898 — Zambia, South Africa
Messapus megae Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Zimbabwe
Messapus meridionalis Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — South Africa
Messapus natalis (Pocock, 1898) — Mozambique, South Africa
Messapus seiugatus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Guinea
Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Botswana, Namibia
Messapus tropicus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Congo

References

"Gen. Messapus Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
Simon, E. (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.