Mesida

Mesida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Mesida Kulczyński, 1911
Type species
M. humilis Kulczyński, 1911
Species
13, see text

Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.

Species

As of October 2019^[update] it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:

• Mesida argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland)
• Mesida culta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – India, Sri Lanka
• Mesida gemmea (Hasselt, 1882) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Java), Taiwan
• Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
• Mesida humilis Kulczyński, 1911 (type) – New Guinea
• Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
• Mesida pumila (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sumatra) to New Guinea
• Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles, Mayotte
  • Mesida t. mauritiana (Simon, 1898) – Mauritius
• Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
• Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
• Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China, Laos

References