Meleon

Meleon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Spartaeinae
Genus: Meleon
Wanless, 1984
Type species
M. kenti
(Lessert, 1925)
Species

8, see text

Meleon is an African genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes eight species:

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Meleon Wanless, 1984". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
  2. ↑ Wanless, F. R. (1984). "A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with descriptions of six new genera". Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. 46: 135–205. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15964.