Medmassa Simon, 1887
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.1.6 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10954007 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E687F0-FFD5-3E1B-45E4-FC10FA8EFB62 |
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Medmassa Simon, 1887 View in CoL
Type species: Megaera frenata Simon, 1877 , by monotypy.
Diagnosis. For genus description and diagnosis, see Deeleman-Reinhold (2001) and Haddad & Bosselaers (2010).
Comments. The type species of Medmassa is still known from subadult female from Philippines ( Simon 1877; World Spider Catalog 2024). There is another Philippine species of the genus, M. kltina ( Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) , which is only known from the female ( Barrion & Litsinger 1995; World Spider Catalog 2024) and it could be conspecific with the generotype.
Distribution. Subsaharan Africa, Australasia, South Asia east of Pakistan ( World Spider Catalog 2024).
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