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| Massagris | |
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| M. natalensis | |
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| M. honesta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Hisponinae |
| Genus: | Massagris Simon, 1900[1] |
| Species | |
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Massagris is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes eight species:[1]
- Massagris budongo Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2023 – Uganda
- Massagris honesta Wesołowska, 1993 – South Africa
- Massagris maculosa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
- Massagris mirifica G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
- Massagris mohale Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 – Lesotho
- Massagris natalensis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
- Massagris schisma Maddison & Zhang, 2006 – South Africa
- Massagris separata Wesołowska, 1993 – South Africa
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Massagris Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1900). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 44: 381–407.
External links
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