Menemerus

Menemerus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1868. They are long, flattened in shape, and very hairy, usually with brown and grayish hairs. Most species have white edges on the thorax. The abdomen is often oval, or sometimes elongated or rounded.

Distribution

Menemerus are found worldwide in warmer climates.

Species

, this genus includes 64 species:

• Menemerus affinis <small>Wesołowska & van Harten, 2010</small> – United Arab Emirates
• Menemerus animatus <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876</small> – Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, North Africa, Sudan, Greece, Turkey, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iraq
• Menemerus arabicus <small>Prószyński, 1993</small> – Saudi Arabia
• Menemerus bicolor <small>G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896</small> – Guatemala
• Menemerus bifurcus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Southern Africa
• Menemerus bivittatus <small>(Dufour, 1831)</small> – Africa. Introduced to North, Central and South America, St. Helena, southern Europe, Turkey, India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Pacific Islands
• Menemerus brachygnathus <small>(Thorell, 1887)</small> – India to China, Japan and Malaysia. Introduced to Argentina
• Menemerus brevibulbis <small>(Thorell, 1887)</small> – Senegal to India
• Menemerus carlini <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)</small> – Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Menemerus congoensis <small>Lessert, 1927</small> – Sudan to South Africa
• Menemerus cummingorum <small>Wesołowska, 2007</small> – Zimbabwe
• Menemerus davidi <small>Prószyński & Wesołowska, 1999</small> – North Africa, Israel, Jordan
• Menemerus desertus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Algeria
• Menemerus dimidius <small>(Schmidt, 1976)</small> – Canary Islands
• Menemerus dubius <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Uganda
• Menemerus eburnensis <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> – Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast
• Menemerus errabundus <small>, 2010</small> – Israel, Iran
• Menemerus fagei <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> – Canary Islands, West Africa, Algeria, Malta, Cyprus, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, Israel
• Menemerus felix <small>Hogg, 1922</small> – Vietnam
• Menemerus foordi <small> & Wesołowska, 2024</small> – South Africa
• Menemerus formosus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Kenya
• Menemerus fulvus <small>(L. Koch, 1878)</small> – India to China and Japan
• Menemerus guttatus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Morocco
• Menemerus illigeri <small>(Audouin, 1826)</small> – Portugal, North Africa, Middle East, St. Helena
• Menemerus kochi <small>Bryant, 1942</small> – Virgin Islands
• Menemerus legalli <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> – Mali
• Menemerus legendrei <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – China
• Menemerus lesnei <small>Lessert, 1936</small> – Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
• Menemerus lesserti <small>Lawrence, 1927</small> – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
• Menemerus lobatus <small>Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025</small> – Guinea
• Menemerus magnificus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Cameroon
• Menemerus marginalis <small>(Banks, 1909)</small> – Costa Rica
• Menemerus marginatus <small>(Kroneberg, 1875)</small> – Caucasus (Russia, Azerbaijan), Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
• Menemerus meridionalis <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – South Africa
• Menemerus minshullae <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Zimbabwe, Malawi, South Africa
• Menemerus mirabilis <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Ethiopia
• Menemerus modestus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Algeria, Tunisia
• Menemerus namibicus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Namibia
• Menemerus natalis <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – South Africa
• Menemerus niangbo <small>Wesołowska & , 2022</small> – Ivory Coast
• Menemerus nigeriensis <small>Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011</small> – Nigeria
• Menemerus nigli <small>Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012</small> – Pakistan, India, Thailand. Introduced to Brazil
• Menemerus pallescens <small>Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007</small> – Yemen
• Menemerus paradoxus <small>Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994</small> – Yemen
• Menemerus patellaris <small>Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007</small> – Yemen
• Menemerus pentamaculatus <small>Hu, 2001</small> – China
• Menemerus pilosus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Namibia, South Africa
• Menemerus placidus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Namibia
• Menemerus plenus <small>Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994</small> – Yemen
• Menemerus pulcher <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Mauritania
• Menemerus rabaudi <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> – Guinea
• Menemerus regius <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Ethiopia
• Menemerus rubicundus <small>Lawrence, 1928</small> – Namibia, South Africa
• Menemerus sabulosus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Namibia
• Menemerus semilimbatus <small>(Hahn, 1829)</small> – Canary Islands, Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran. Introduced to Argentina, Chile, United States (type species)
• Menemerus sengleti <small>Logunov, 2023</small> – Iran
• Menemerus soldani <small>(Audouin, 1826)</small> – Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt
• Menemerus taeniatus <small>(L. Koch, 1867)</small> – Mediterranean to Caucasus. Introduced to Argentina
• Menemerus transvaalicus <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
• Menemerus tropicus <small>Wesołowska, 2007</small> – Uganda, Kenya
• Menemerus utilis <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Tunisia
• Menemerus vernei <small>Berland & Millot, 1941</small> – Guinea
• Menemerus wuchangensis <small>Schenkel, 1963</small> – China
• Menemerus zimbabwensis <small>Wesołowska, 1999</small> – Zimbabwe, South Africa

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