Mecynidis
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| Mecynidis | |
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| M. dentipalpis | |
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| M. dentipalpis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Linyphiidae |
| Genus: | Mecynidis Simon, 1894[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. dentipalpis Simon, 1894 | |
| Species | |
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Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.[3]
Its species are found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:[1]
M. dentipalpis
M. dentipalpis
M. dentipalpis
