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
Species
, this genus includes 14 species:- Menneus aussie Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia, New Caledonia
- Menneus bituberculatus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia, possibly New Guinea
- Menneus camelus Reginald [Innes Pocock|Pocock], 1902 – South Africa
- Menneus capensis – South Africa
- Menneus darwini Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Tanzania
- Menneus dromedarius Purcell, 1904 – South Africa, Madagascar
- Menneus nemesio Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia
- Menneus neocaledonicus – New Caledonia
- Menneus quasimodo Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia
- Menneus samperi Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – East Africa
- Menneus superciliosus – Australia
- Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877 – Angola, Malawi, Tanzania
- Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920 – Australia
- Menneus wa Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia