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Genus Mermessus

Face (BG:474074) - Mermessus tridentatus - female Linyphiid - Mermessus trilobatus - female Mermessus bryantae - female Mermessus fradeorum - male Mermessus fradeorum - female Mermessus albulus - female Mermessus undulatus--voucher image - Mermessus undulatus - female Mermessus undulatus--voucher image - Mermessus undulatus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Linyphiidae (Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders)
Subfamily Erigoninae (Dwarf Spiders)
Genus Mermessus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1899 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Eperigone Crosby & Bishop, 1928
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 17 October, 2009 - 9:56am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 30 October, 2009 - 12:59pm

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