World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Messapus Simon, 1898 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02193

type Messapus martini Simon, 1898; gender masculine

N.B.: transferred from the Liocranidae to the Corinnidae by Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2000b: 307.

Transferred to other genera:

Messapus secundus Strand, 1907 -- see Merenius

Messapus martini Simon, 1898 | | Zambia, South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:024266 TYPE SPECIES

Messapus martini Simon, 1898a: 214 (Df; m see Copuetta maputa) Original description

Messapus martini Bosselaers & Jocqué, 2000b: 307, f. 1C, E, H (f; m see Copuetta maputa)

Messapus martini Haddad, 2013b: 17, f. 1-2, 27-28, 34-38 (Dm, f)

Messapus martini Haddad et al., 2023: 61, p. 60: 1-2, p. 61: 1-8 (mf)

Messapus megae Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048325

Messapus megae Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 390, f. 4-5, 32, 37-38, 41-44 (Dmf) Original description

Messapus meridionalis Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048326

Messapus meridionalis Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 393, f. 6, 33, 45-46 (Df) Original description

Messapus meridionalis Haddad et al., 2023: 62, f. 1-5 (f)

Messapus mygaloides Haddad & Grismado, 2025 | | Tanzania, Mozambique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065248

Messapus mygaloides Haddad & Grismado, 2025: 353, f. 2-26 (Dmf) Original description

Messapus natalis (Pocock, 1898) | | Mozambique, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025186

Corinna natalis Pocock, 1898c: 221, pl. 8, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Corinna natalis Bonaldo, 2000: 40 (belongs not to Corinnidae)

Corinna natalis Haddad, 2005: 28, f. 1-6 (Dm, f)

Messapus natalis Haddad, 2013b: 20, f. 4-5, 29-30 (T from Corinna)

Messapus natalis Haddad et al., 2023: 63, f. 1-10 (mf)

Messapus seiugatus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048327

Messapus seiugatus Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 393, f. 7, 34, 47-48 (Df) Original description

Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048328

Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 395, f. 1-3, 8, 23-31, 35, 49-50 (Df) Original description

Messapus tigris Haddad & Grismado, 2025: 358, f. 27-39 (Dm)

Messapus tropicus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 | | DR Congo urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048329

Messapus tropicus Haddad & Mbo, 2015: 395, f. 9-10, 36, 39-40, 51-54 (Dmf) Original description