''Menneus'' is a

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of net-casting spiders that was first described by

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in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia,

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, and eastern and southern Africa. Originally placed with the cribellate orb-weavers, it was moved to the Deinopidae in 1967.

Species

it contains fourteen species: *''

Menneus aussie ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origina ...

'' Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales), New Caledonia *'' Menneus bituberculatus'' Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Queensland), possibly New Guinea *''

Menneus camelus ''Menneus'' is a genus of Deinopidae, net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Afri ...

'' Pocock, 1902 – South Africa *''

Menneus capensis ''Menneus'' is a genus of Deinopidae, net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Afri ...

'' (

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, 1904) – South Africa *'' Menneus darwini'' Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Tanzania *''

Menneus dromedarius ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origi ...

'' Purcell, 1904 – South Africa, Madagascar *''

Menneus nemesio ''Menneus nemesio'' is an Australian species of net-casting spider in the family Deinopidae Deinopidae, also known as net casting spiders, is a family of cribellate spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850. It consists of stick-like ...

'' Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (New South Wales) *''

Menneus neocaledonicus ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origi ...

'' (Simon, 1888) – New Caledonia *''

Menneus quasimodo ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origi ...

'' Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Western Australia) *''

Menneus samperi ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origi ...

'' Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – East Africa *''

Menneus superciliosus ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origi ...

'' ( Thorell, 1881) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *'' Menneus tetragnathoides'' Simon, 1876 ( type) – Angola, Malawi, Tanzania *''

Menneus trinodosus ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origi ...

'' Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.) *''

Menneus wa ''Menneus'' is a genus of net-casting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1876. It includes the former genera ''Avella'' and ''Avellopsis''. Species are found in Australia, New Caledonia, and eastern and southern Africa. Origi ...

'' Coddington, Kuntner & Opell, 2012 – Australia (Western Australia)

References

Araneomorphae genera Deinopidae Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Araneomorphae-stub