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Genus: Menemerus Simon, 1868 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Menemerus niger Caporiacco, 1949

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Distribution: Kenya

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Syntype: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona (MCSNV), Italy 1j (Di Caporiacco 141) - (Ballarin, Salmaso & Latella, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Menemerus niger Caporiacco, 1949a: 486 (Dj) Original description

Menemerus niger Wesołowska, 1999: 345 (nomen dubium)

References

Caporiacco, L. di (1949a). Aracnidi della colonia del Kenya raccolti da Toschi e Meneghetti negli anni 1944-1946. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 13: 309-492. -- Show included taxa

Wesołowska, W. (1999). A revision of the spider genus Menemerus in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Genus 10(2): 251-353. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

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