World Spider Catalog

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. Menneus Simon, 1877 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03340

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