Menneus
Menneus is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera Avella and Avellopsis. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Originally placed with the cribellate orb-weavers, it was moved to the Deinopidae in 1967.
Species
, this genus includes 14 species:Menneus aussie Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia, New CaledoniaMenneus bituberculatus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia, possibly New GuineaMenneus camelus Pocock, 1902 – South AfricaMenneus capensis – South AfricaMenneus darwini Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – TanzaniaMenneus dromedarius Purcell, 1904 – South Africa, MadagascarMenneus nemesio Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia Menneus neocaledonicus – New CaledoniaMenneus quasimodo Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia Menneus samperi Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – East AfricaMenneus superciliosus – Australia Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877 – Angola, Malawi, Tanzania Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia Menneus wa Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia