Meleon
| Meleon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Spartaeinae |
| Genus: | Meleon Wanless, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Portia kenti Lessert, 1925 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 species | |
Meleon is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Species
- Meleon guineensis (Berland & Millot, 1941) — Guinea, Ivory Coast
- Meleon insulanus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Madagascar
- Meleon kenti (Lessert, 1925) — Angola, Southern Africa
- Meleon madagascarensis (Wanless, 1978) — Madagascar
- Meleon raharizonina Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Madagascar
- Meleon russata (Simon, 1900) — Madagascar
- Meleon solitaria (Lessert, 1927) — Central, East Africa
- Meleon tsaratanana Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 — Madagascar
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings of all species (with photograph of M. solitaria)
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