Mesida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Tetragnathidae |
Genus: | Mesida Kulczyński, 1911[1] |
Type species | |
M. humilis Kulczyński, 1911
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Species | |
13, see text |
Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.[2]
As of October 2019[update] it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:[1]