Mecynidis

Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.

Its species are found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:

Species

, this genus includes eight species:

• Mecynidis antiqua <small> & Scharff, 1986</small> – Tanzania
• Mecynidis ascia <small>Scharff, 1990</small> – Tanzania
• Mecynidis bitumida <small> & Jocqué, 1986</small> – Kenya
• Mecynidis dentipalpis <small>Simon, 1894</small> – South Africa (type species)
• Mecynidis laevitarsis <small>Miller, 1970</small> – Angola
• Mecynidis muthaiga <small>Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986</small> – Kenya
• Mecynidis scutata <small>Jocqué & Scharff, 1986</small> – Tanzania
• Mecynidis spiralis <small>Jocqué & Scharff, 1986</small> – Tanzania

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