Menneus capensis, also known as Cape camel-back spider, is a species of net-casting spider in the family Deinopidae. It is endemic to the Western Cape in South Africa.[1][2]: 15
Menneus capensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Deinopidae |
Genus: | Menneus |
Species: | M. capensis
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Binomial name | |
Menneus capensis (Purcell, 1904)
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References
edit- ^ "Cape Camel-back Spider (Menneus capensis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ Coddington, Jonathan A.; Kuntner, Matjaz; Opell, Brent D. (2012). "Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae with a Revision of the Genus Menneus" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (636): 1–61. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.636.1.
External links
edit- Media related to Menneus capensis at Wikimedia Commons