Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: original spelling (not Dinopidae) used here.

In synonymy:

Avella O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 = Menneus Simon, 1877 (Rainbow, 1911: 123, confirmed by Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12)

Avellopsis Purcell, 1904 = Menneus Simon, 1877 (Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12)

Gen. Asianopis Lin & Li, 2020 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04574
type Asianopis zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li, 2020; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Asianopis bicornis (L. Koch, 1879) = Asianopis subrufa (L. Koch, 1878) (Davies, 1985: 61, sub Deinopis)

Asianopis bubalus (Simon, 1890) = Asianopis cornigera (Gerstaecker, 1873) (Pocock, 1902b: 324, sub Deinopis)

Asianopis bubo (Brito Capello, 1867) = Asianopis anchietae (Brito Capello, 1867) (Pocock, 1902b: 324, sub Deinopis bubo)

Asianopis scrubjunglei (Caleb & Mathai, 2014, T from Deinopis) = Asianopis liukuensis (Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002) (Lin et al., 2020a: 74)

Asianopis stauntoni (Pocock, 1902) = Asianopis cylindrica (Pocock, 1898) (Pocock, 1902b: 324, sub Deinopis)

Asianopis anchietae (Brito Capello, 1867) | | Angola, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006163
Deinopis anchietae Brito Capello, 1867: 16, pl. 2, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Deinopis bubo Brito Capello, 1867: 15, pl. 2, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056158]
Deinopis bubo Simon, 1892a: 203, f. 151-154 (f)
Dinopis bubo Pocock, 1902b: 324 (S of Dinopis anchietae [first reviser])
Deinopis bubo Berland, 1913c: 27, f. 1-5 (f)
Deinopis anchietae Roewer, 1955c: 1350 (gives no reason, why he chooses this name)
Dinopis anchietae Bonnet, 1956: 1469 (chooses this name because of page priority)
Deinopis anchietae Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020f: 6, 4 f. [v. 2: 5 f.] (f habitus)
Asianopis anchietae Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis apo Omelko & Fomichev, 2025 | | Philippines (Mindanao) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065247
Asianopis apo Omelko & Fomichev, 2025: 321, f. 9-10, 15, 20, 35-38, 43-44, 49-52 (Df) Original description
Asianopis aruensis (Roewer, 1938) | | Indonesia (Aru Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006165
Deinopis aruensis Roewer, 1938: 29, f. 18-19 (Df) Original description
Asianopis aruensis Lin et al., 2020c: 468, f. 1A-B (f, T from Deinopis)
Asianopis aspectans (Pocock, 1900) | | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006166
Deinopis aspectans Pocock, 1900g: 847 (Df) Original description
Deinopis aspectans Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020f: 7, 3 f. (mf habitus)
Asianopis aspectans Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis aurita (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006167
Deinopis auritus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 360, pl. 34, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description
Asianopis aurita Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis aurita Guzmán-García, Maldonado-Carrizales & Ponce-Saavedra, 2023: 2, f. 1A-E (mf)
Asianopis camela (Thorell, 1881) | | New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006171
Deinopis camelus Thorell, 1881: 194 (Df) Original description
Deinopis camela Chrysanthus, 1967b: 100, f. 47-51 (Dm, f)
Asianopis camela Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis celebensis (Merian, 1911) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006172
Dinopis celebensis Merian, 1911: 167, f. A-B (Dmf) Original description
Asianopis celebensis Lin et al., 2020a: 80, f. 9A-F (m, T from Deinopis, f is mismatched)
Asianopis cornigera (Gerstaecker, 1873) | | Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006173
Deinopis cornigera Gerstaecker, 1873: 478, pl. 18, f. 5 (Dm) Original description
Dinopis bubalus Simon, 1890b: 126 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056159]
Dinopis cornigera Pocock, 1902b: 324 (S of Dinopis bubalus)
Deinopis corniger Simon, 1909c: 29
Deinopis ruandanicus Strand, 1913a: 327 (provisional name)
Deinopis cornigera Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020f: 8, 4 f. (m habitus)
Asianopis cornigera Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis cylindrica (Pocock, 1898) | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006175
Deinopis cylindricus Pocock, 1898c: 204 (Dm) Original description
Dinopis stauntoni Pocock, 1902b: 323 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056160]
Dinopis cylindrica Pocock, 1902b: 324 (S of Dinopis stauntoni)
Deinopis cylindrica Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 36, f. 10a-k (mf)
Deinopis cylindrica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020f: 9, p. 5: f. 3 (cylindricus [in v. 2 cylindrica]), p. 9: 4 f. (f)
Asianopis cylindrica Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis dumogae (Merian, 1911) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051657
Deinopis dumogae Merian, 1911: 171 (Df, provisional name) Original description
Asianopis dumogae Lin et al., 2020a: 72, f. 3A-B (f, T from Deinopis, validation of provisional name)
Asianopis fasciata (L. Koch, 1879) | j | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006177
Deinopis fasciatus L. Koch, 1879a: 1045, pl. 92, f. 1-2 (Dj) Original description
Asianopis fasciata Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis fasciculiger (Simon, 1909) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006178
Deinopis fasciculiger Simon, 1909e: 73 (Df; for the ending of the specific epithet see ICZN Article 31.2.2) Original description
Asianopis fasciculigera Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis giltayi (Lessert, 1930) | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006180
Deinopis giltayi Lessert, 1930: 618, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Asianopis giltayi Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis goalparaensis (Tikader & Malhotra, 1978) | | India, Nepal urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006181
Deinopis goalparaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1978a: 157, f. 1-5 (Df; j per Caleb, 2019: 148) Original description
Deinopis goalparaensis Caleb, 2019a: 148, f. 1-11 (nomen dubium)
Asianopis goalparaensis Basumatary et al., 2020b: 328, f. 1-11 (Df, T from Deinopis, removed from nomen dubium)
Asianopis gorochovi Fomichev & Omelko, 2023 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058020
Asianopis gorochovi Fomichev & Omelko, 2023a: 363, f. 1-11 (Dm) Original description
Asianopis gorochovi Omelko & Fomichev, 2025: 315, f. 3-4, 12, 17, 24-26, 32-33 (m)
Asianopis guineensis (Berland & Millot, 1940) | | Guinea, Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006185
Deinopis guineensis Berland & Millot, 1940: 157, f. 9 (Dm) Original description
Asianopis guineensis Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis kollari (Doleschall, 1859) | | Myanmar, Indonesia (Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006186
Deinopis kollari Doleschall, 1859: 10, pl. 8, f. 7 (Dm) Original description
Deinopis kollari Thorell, 1897a: 265 (Dm)
Asianopis kollari Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis konplong (Logunov, 2018) | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050363
Deinopis konplong Logunov, 2018b: 141, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description
Asianopis konplong Lin et al., 2020a: 80 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis labangan (Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2018) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050134
Deinopis labangan Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2018: 13, f. 4A-E, 5A-D (Df) Original description
Asianopis labangan Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis lini Omelko & Fomichev, 2025 | | Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065245
Asianopis lini Omelko & Fomichev, 2025: 313, f. 1-2, 11, 16, 21-23, 30, 34 (Dm) Original description
Asianopis liukuensis (Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002) | | India, China, Malaysia (Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038508
Deinopis liukuensis Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002: 610, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description
Deinopis scrubjunglei Caleb & Mathai, 2014a: 2, f. 1-20 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047082]
Deinopis liukuensis Zhang & Wang, 2017: 238, 7 f. (mf)
Asianopis liukuensis Lin et al., 2020a: 74, f. 2B,E-F,I, 4A-F, 5A-B, 6A-B, 7A-B, 8A-B, 19A-C, 21A, 22A,G (mf, T from Deinopis, S of Deinopis scrubjunglei)
Asianopis liukuensis Omelko & Fomichev, 2025: 315, f. 5-6, 13, 18, 27-29, 31 (m)
Asianopis longipalpula (Strand, 1913) | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006188
Deinopis longipalpulus Strand, 1913a: 326 (Dm) Original description
Asianopis longipalpula Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis luzonensis (Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2018) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050135
Deinopis luzonensis Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2018: 19, f. 6A-E (Df) Original description
Asianopis luzonensis Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis madagascariensis (Lenz, 1886) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006190
Deinopis madagascariensis Lenz, 1886: 405, pl. 10, f. 9 (Dm) Original description
Deinopis madagascariensis Strand, 1907o: 2 (Df)
Asianopis madagascariensis Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis mediocris (Kulczyński, 1908) | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006191
Deinopis mediocris Kulczyński, 1908a: 461, pl. 9, f. 6-7 (Dm) Original description
Asianopis mediocris Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis naumenkoi Omelko & Fomichev, 2025 | | Philippines (Luzon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065246
Asianopis naumenkoi Omelko & Fomichev, 2025: 318, f. 7-8, 14, 19, 39-42, 45-48 (Df) Original description
Asianopis ornata (Pocock, 1902) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006192
Deinopis ornatus Pocock, 1902b: 325 (Df) Original description
Asianopis ornata Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis ravida (L. Koch, 1878) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006196
Deinopis ravidus L. Koch, 1878a: 1041, pl. 91, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Asianopis ravida Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Deinopis ravida Dupérré, 2023a: 166, f. 33A-D (f)
Asianopis reticulata (Rainbow, 1899) | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006197
Menneus reticulatus Rainbow, 1899a: 109, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Deinopis reticulatus Lehtinen, 1967: 230 (T from Menneus)
Asianopis reticulata Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis schomburgki (Karsch, 1878) | | Australia (South Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006199
Deinopis schomburgki Karsch, 1878c: 333 (Df) Original description
Asianopis schomburgki Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis schoutedeni (Giltay, 1929) | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006200
Deinopis schoutedeni Giltay, 1929: 23, f. 1-2 (Df) Original description
Asianopis schoutedeni Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis subrufa (L. Koch, 1878) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania), New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006203
Deinopis subrufus L. Koch, 1878a: 1039, pl. 91, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Deinopis bicornis L. Koch, 1879a: 1049, pl. 91, f. 4 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056161]
Deinopis bicornis Lehtinen, 1967: 434, f. 36 (m)
Deinopis subrufa Hickman, 1967: 29, f. 40-44 (mf)
Deinopis subrufa Davies, 1985: 61 (S of Deinopis bicornis)
Deinopis subrufa Davies, 1988b: 282, f. 6 (mf)
Deinopis subrufa Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 46, f. 23.1, 3-5 (mf)
Asianopis subrufa Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis tabida (L. Koch, 1879) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006204
Deinopis tabidus L. Koch, 1879a: 1047, pl. 92, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Asianopis tabidus Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis unicolor (L. Koch, 1878) | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006206
Deinopis unicolor L. Koch, 1878a: 1043, pl. 91, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Asianopis unicolor Chamberland et al., 2022: 9 (T from Deinopis)
Asianopis wangi Lin & Li, 2020 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051654
Asianopis wangi Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2020a: 80, f. 10A-F, 11A-B, 12A-B, 20B, 21C, 22C-D,H (Dmf) Original description
Asianopis wuchaoi Lin & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051655
Asianopis wuchaoi Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2020a: 82, f. 13A-F, 14A-D, 15A-B, 21B, 22B (Dmf) Original description
Asianopis zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li, 2020 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051656
Asianopis zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2020a: 89, f. 2D,G-H,J, 16A-F, 17A-B, 18A-B, 20A, 21D, 22E-F,H (Dmf) Original description
Gen. Deinopis MacLeay, 1839 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03339
type Deinopis lamia MacLeay, 1839; gender feminine
N.B.: Dinopis is an unjustified emendation.

Transferred to other genera:

Deinopis anchietae Brito Capello, 1867 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis aruensis Roewer, 1938 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis aspectans Pocock, 1900 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis aurita F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis bicornis L. Koch, 1879 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis bubalus Simon, 1890 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis bubo Brito Capello, 1867 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis camela Thorell, 1881 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis celebensis Merian, 1911 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis cornigera Gerstaecker, 1873 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis cylindrica Pocock, 1898 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis dumogae Merian, 1911 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis fasciata L. Koch, 1879 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis fasciculigera Simon, 1909 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis giltayi Lessert, 1930 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis goalparaensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1978 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis guineensis Berland & Millot, 1940 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis insularis Rainbow, 1920 -- see Menneus

Deinopis kollari Doleschall, 1859 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis konplong Logunov, 2018 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis labangan Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2018 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis liukuensis Yin, Griswold & Yan, 2002 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis longipalpula Strand, 1913 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis luzonensis Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2018 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis madagascariensis Lenz, 1886 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis mediocris Kulczyński, 1908 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis ornata Pocock, 1902 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis ravida L. Koch, 1878 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis reticulata (Rainbow, 1899) -- see Asianopis

Deinopis schomburgki Karsch, 1878 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis schoutedeni Giltay, 1929 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis scrubjunglei Caleb & Mathai, 2014 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis stauntoni Pocock, 1902 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis subrufa L. Koch, 1878 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis tabida L. Koch, 1879 -- see Asianopis

Deinopis unicolor L. Koch, 1878 -- see Asianopis

Nomen dubium:

Deinopis gubatmakiling Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2018: 5, f. 1A-G, 2A-E, 3 (j, Philippines) -- Lin et al., 2020c: 468

Deinopis amica Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1957 | | Argentina, Uruguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006162
Deinopis amica Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1957: 63, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description
Deinopis armaticeps Mello-Leitão, 1925 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006164
Deinopis armaticeps Mello-Leitão, 1925b: 284 (Df) Original description
Deinopis biaculeata Simon, 1906 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006168
Deinopis biaculeata Simon, 1906b: 284 (Df) Original description
Deinopis bituberculata Franganillo, 1930 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006169
Deinopis bituberculatus Franganillo, 1930: 15 (Df) Original description
Deinopis bucculenta Schenkel, 1953 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006170
Dinopis bucculentus Schenkel, 1953a: 8, f. 8a-e (Dmf) Original description
Deinopis cylindracea C. L. Koch, 1846 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006174
Deinopis cylindraceus C. L. Koch, 1846: 17, f. 1089 (Df) Original description
Deinopis cylindracea Dupérré, 2023a: 164, f. 31A-B (f)
Deinopis diabolica Kraus, 1956 | | El Salvador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006176
Deinopis diabolica Kraus, 1956: 167, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description
Deinopis diabolica Coddington, 1990: 11, f. 43 (m)
Deinopis fastigata Simon, 1906 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006179
Deinopis fastigata Simon, 1906b: 284 (Df) Original description
Deinopis granadensis Keyserling, 1879 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006182
Deinopis granadensis Keyserling, 1879: 343, pl. 4, f. 32 (Dmf) Original description
Deinopis guasca Mello-Leitão, 1943 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006183
Deinopis guasca Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 158, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Deinopis guianensis Taczanowski, 1874 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006184
Deinopis guianensis Taczanowski, 1874: 98 (Dmf) Original description
Deinopis lamia MacLeay, 1839 | | Cuba, Turks & Caicos, Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006187
Deinopis lamia MacLeay, 1839: 9, pl. 2, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Deinopis lamia Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 234, f. 83-86 (f)
Deinopis lamia Bryant, 1940: 331, pl. 7, f. 99, 101 (f, Dm)
Deinopis lamia Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 35, f. 9A-F (f)
Deinopis longipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006189
Deinopis longipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 360, pl. 34, f. 1-2 (Dmf) Original description
Deinopis longipes Chickering, 1963b: 1, f. 1-4 (mf)
Deinopis pallida Mello-Leitão, 1939 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006193
Deinopis pallidus Mello-Leitão, 1939f: 524, f. 4 (Df) Original description
Deinopis pardalis Simon, 1906 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006194
Deinopis pardalis Simon, 1906b: 285 (Df) Original description
Deinopis plurituberculata Mello-Leitão, 1925 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006195
Deinopis plurituberculata Mello-Leitão, 1925b: 282, pl. 5, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description
Deinopis rodophthalma Mello-Leitão, 1939 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006198
Deinopis rodophthalmus Mello-Leitão, 1939a: 173 (Df) Original description
Deinopis seriata Simon, 1906 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006201
Deinopis seriata Simon, 1906b: 284 (Df) Original description
Deinopis spinosa Marx, 1889 | | USA, Jamaica, St. Vincent, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006202
Deinopis spinosus Marx, 1889b: 341, pl. 11a-m (Df) Original description
Deinopis spinosus Griswold et al., 2005: 18, f. 171D (m)
Deinopis spinosa Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 30, f. 4a-d, 5a-f, 6a-f, 7a-f, 11a-m (mf)
Deinopis tuboculata Franganillo, 1926 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006205
Deinopis tuboculatus Franganillo, 1926a: 47 (Df) Original description
Gen. Menneus Simon, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03340
type Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877; gender masculine
N.B.: year of description corrected per Frétey, 2023: 125; considered a senior synonym of Avella O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 574 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03337] (type A. despiciens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) by Rainbow, 1911: 123, confirmed by Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 217) and Avellopsis Purcell, 1904 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03338] (transferred from the Uloboridae to the Deinopidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 217) by Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 12.

Transferred to other genera:

Menneus reticulatus Rainbow, 1899 -- see Deinopis

In synonymy:

Menneus affinis Tullgren, 1910 = Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877 (Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 18, after Berland, 1914: 53, contra Roewer)

Menneus insularis (Rainbow, 1920) = Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920 (Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 24)

Nomina dubia:

Menneus angulatus (L. Koch, 1878a: 1037, pl. 91, f. 1, f, Australia/Queensland, originally in Avella) -- Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 26, (contra Davies, 1988b: 282, 284, f. 7, mf)

Menneus despiciens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877b: 574, pl. 57, f. 10, f, Australia/Queensland, originally in Avella) -- Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 26

Menneus unifasciatus (L. Koch, 1878a: 1035, pl. 90, f. 6, m, Australia/New South Wales, originally in Avella) -- Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 26

Menneus aussie Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045247
Menneus aussie Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 19, f. 2C, E, 16A-C, 25A-L (Dmf) Original description
Menneus bituberculatus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 | | Australia (Queensland), possibly New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045248
Menneus bituberculatus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 20, f. 26A-G (Df) Original description
Menneus camelus Pocock, 1902 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006208
Menneus camelus Pocock, 1902b: 325 (Df) Original description
Menneus camelus Lehtinen, 1967: 247, f. 40 (f, S, rejected)
Menneus camelus Penney, 2003: 572, f. 1B.1-3 (m)
Menneus camelus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 14, f. 1D, 2A-C, E, 4E, 14A-C, 18A-K, 19A-F (mf)
Menneus camelus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020f: 11, p. 10: 1 f., p. 11: 4 f., p. 12: 4 f. (mf habitus)
Menneus capensis (Purcell, 1904) | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006161
Avellopsis capensis Purcell, 1904: 128 (Dmf) Original description
Avellopsis capensis Lehtinen, 1967: 434, f. 37 (m)
Menneus capensis Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 15, f. 1A-C, 14D-F, 20A-L (mf)
Menneus capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020f: 13, p. 10: 1 f., p. 13: 4 f. [v. 2: 3 f.] (f habitus)
Menneus darwini Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045244
Menneus darwini Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 16, f. 14G-I, 21A-D (Dm) Original description
Menneus dromedarius Purcell, 1904 | | South Africa, Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045245
Menneus dromedarius Purcell, 1904: 127 (Df) Original description
Menneus dromedarius Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 17, f. 15A-C, 22A-L (removed f from S of M. camelus, contra Lehtinen, 1967: 247, Dm)
Menneus dromedarius Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020f: 14, 3 f. (f habitus)
Menneus nemesio Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045249
Avella despiciens Lehtinen, 1967: 217, f. 41 (f, misidentified)
Menneus nemesio Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 22, f. 16D-F, 27A-M (Dmf) Original description
Menneus neocaledonicus (Simon, 1888) | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006157
Avella neo-caledonica Simon, 1889c: 242 (Dj) Original description
Menneus neocaledonicus Simon, 1892a: 210
Menneus neocaledonicus Berland, 1924a: 174, f. 11-15 (Dm)
Avella neocaledonica Lehtinen, 1967: 247 (implicitly Tm from Menneus)
Menneus neocaledonicus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 22, f. 16G-I, 28A-M (m, Df)
Menneus quasimodo Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045250
Menneus quasimodo Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 23, f. 29A-G (Df) Original description
Menneus samperi Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045246
Menneus samperi Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 18, f. 15D-F, 23A-K (Dmf) Original description
Menneus superciliosus (Thorell, 1881) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006158
Avella superciliosa Thorell, 1881: 200 (Df) Original description
Menneus superciliosus Rainbow, 1911: 124
Avella superciliosa Lehtinen, 1967: 217 (Tf from Menneus)
Menneus superciliosus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 20, f. 17A-C, 30A-L (f, Dm)
Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877 | | Angola, Malawi, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006209
Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1877a: 219 (Dm) Original description
Menneus tetragnathoides Simon, 1892a: 210, f. 155-156 (m)
Menneus affinis Tullgren, 1910: 91, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006207]
Menneus tetragnathoides Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 18, f. 15G-I, 24A-F (m, S)
Menneus tetragnathoides Frétey, 2023: 125 (year of description corrected)
Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006159
Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, 1920b: 230, pl. 28, f. 3-4 (Df) Original description
Deinopis insularis Rainbow, 1920b: 229, pl. 28, f. 1-2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006156]
Avella trinodosa Lehtinen, 1967: 217 (Tf from Menneus)
Avella insularis Lehtinen, 1967: 217, f. 38 (Tm from Deinopis)
Avella insularis Coddington, 1990: 11, f. 44 (m)
Menneus trinodosus Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 24, f. 17D-F, 31A-M (f, Sm)
Menneus wa Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045251
Menneus wa Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012: 25, f. 17G-I, 32A-K (Dmf) Original description

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