Mesudus
Appearance
Mesudus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Desidae |
Genus: | Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007[1] |
Type species | |
M. solitarius (Forster, 1970)
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Species | |
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Mesudus is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by H. Özdikmen in 2007.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only three species, all found in New Zealand: M. frondosus, M. setosus, and M. solitarius.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Özdikmen, H. (2007). "Nomenclatural changes for seven preoccupied spider genera (Arachnida: Araneae)". Munis Entomology and Zoology. 2: 137–142.