Methesis

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Methesis

Genus of spiders

Methesis is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1896.[2] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to Corinnidae in 1969.[3] As of April 2019 it contains only two species.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Gen. Methesis Simon, 1896". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. [2]
    Simon, E. (1896). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Clubionidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 40: 400–422. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2026.
  3. [3]
    Reiskind, J. (1969). "The spider subfamily Castianeirinae of North and Central America (Araneae, Clubionidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 138: 166.


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