''Meotipa'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

Eugène Louis Simon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, and on the

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: *'' Meotipa andamanensis'' ( Tikader, 1977) –

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

(Andaman Is.) *'' Meotipa argyrodiformis'' (Yaginuma, 1952) –

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Meotipa bituberculata ''Meotipa'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and on the Pacific Islands: *'' Meotipa andamanensis'' ( Tikader, 1977 ...

Deeleman-Reinhold Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold (born 23 November 1930) is a Dutch arachnologist. She specializes in spiders from Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, particularly cave-dwelling and tropical spiders. She donated a collection of about 25,000 Sou ...

, 2009 –

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

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Meotipa capacifaba ''Meotipa'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and on the Pacific Islands: *'' Meotipa andamanensis'' ( Tikader, 1977 ...

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Meotipa impatiens ''Meotipa'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and on the Pacific Islands: *'' Meotipa andamanensis'' ( Tikader, 1977 ...

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, Indonesia (Sumatra,

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) *'' Meotipa luoqiae'' Lin & Li, 2021 – China *'' Meotipa makiling'' (Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015) – Philippines *'' Meotipa menglun'' Lin & Li, 2021 – China *'' Meotipa multuma'' Murthappa, Malamel, Prajapati, Sebastian & Venkateshwarlu, 2017 – India *'' Meotipa pallida'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) *''

Meotipa picturata ''Meotipa'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and on the Pacific Islands: *'' Meotipa andamanensis'' ( Tikader, 1977 ...

'' Simon, 1895 (

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) – India,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, Indonesia *'' Meotipa pulcherrima'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Tropical Africa. Introduced to the Americas,

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, China,

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

, Japan, Pacific Is. *'' Meotipa sahyadri'' Kulkarni, Vartak, Deshpande & Halali, 2017 – India *'' Meotipa spiniventris'' (

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

, 1869) – Sri Lanka to Taiwan, China, Japan. Introduced to the Netherlands *'' Meotipa thalerorum'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009 – Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) *'' Meotipa ultapani'' Basumatary & Brahma, 2019 – India *'' Meotipa vesiculosa'' Simon, 1895 – China, Vietnam to Japan, Philippines, Indonesia *'' Meotipa zhengguoi'' Lin & Li, 2021 – China In synonymy: *''M. clementinae'' (Petrunkevitch, 1930) = ''Meotipa pulcherrima'' (Mello-Leitão, 1917) *''M. jianglensis'' (Zhu & Song, 1993) = ''Meotipa vesiculosa'' Simon, 1895 *''M. mussau'' Chrysanthus, 1975 = ''Meotipa pulcherrima'' (Mello-Leitão, 1917)

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Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

See also

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