Methesis
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| Methesis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Corinnidae |
| Genus: | Methesis Simon, 1896[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. semirufa Simon, 1896 | |
| Species | |
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Methesis is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896.[2] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to Corinnidae in 1969.[3] As of April 2019[update] it contains only two species.[1]