Messapus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dionycha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Series: Entelegynae Sectio: Dionycha

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Castianeirinae
Genus: Messapus
Species: M. martini – M. megae – M. meridionalis – M. mygaloides – M. natalis – M. secundus – M. seiugatus – M. tigris – M. tropicus

Name

• Messapus Simon, 1898a: 214

Type species: Messapus martini Eugène Louis Simon, 1898

Primary references

• Simon, E., 1898a: Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 193–380.

References

• Haddad, C.R. 2013a. Taxonomic notes on the spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae, Corinnidae), with the description of the new genera Copuetta and Wasaka and the first cladistic analysis of Afrotropical Castianeirinae. Zootaxa 3688(1): 001–079. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3688.1.1. Reference page. 
• Haddad, C.R. & Grismado, C.J. 2025. Further additions to the rare dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 5637(2): 351–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.2.8. Reference page. 
• Haddad, C.R. & Mbo, Z. 2015. Five new species of the Afrotropical dark sac spider genus Messapus Simon, 1898 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Zootaxa 4057(3): 385–398. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.