Mesida

Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.

Species

it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:

• Mesida argentiopunctata <small>(Rainbow, 1916)</small> – Australia (Queensland)
• Mesida culta <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869)</small> – India, Sri Lanka
• Mesida gemmea <small>(Hasselt, 1882)</small> – Myanmar to Indonesia (Java), Taiwan
• Mesida grayi <small>Chrysanthus, 1975</small> – New Guinea
• Mesida humilis <small>Kulczyński, 1911</small> (type) – New Guinea
• Mesida matinika <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – Philippines
• Mesida mindiptanensis <small>Chrysanthus, 1975</small> – New Guinea
• Mesida pumila <small>(Thorell, 1877)</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra) to New Guinea
• Mesida realensis <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> – Philippines
• Mesida thorelli <small>(Blackwall, 1877)</small> – Seychelles, Mayotte
• Mesida t. mauritiana <small>(Simon, 1898)</small> – Mauritius
• Mesida wilsoni <small>Chrysanthus, 1975</small> – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
• Mesida yangbi <small>Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003</small> – China
• Mesida yini <small>Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003</small> – China, Laos

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