Meedo is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Trachycosmidae, and was first described by Barbara York Main in 1987.[2]
| Meedo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachycosmidae |
| Genus: | Meedo Main, 1987[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. houstoni Main, 1987
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| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Species edit
As of May 2019[update] it contains thirteen species:[1]
- Meedo bluff Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Meedo booti Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Meedo broadwater Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland)
- Meedo cohuna Platnick, 2002 – eastern Australia
- Meedo flinders Platnick, 2002 – Australia (South Australia)
- Meedo gympie Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Meedo harveyi Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo houstoni Main, 1987 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo mullaroo Platnick, 2002 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland to Victoria)
- Meedo munmorah Platnick, 2002 – Australia (New South Wales)
- Meedo ovtsharenkoi Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo yarragin Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Meedo yeni Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria)
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Meedo Main, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Main, B. Y. (1987). "A new genus of clubionoid spider from Western Australia (Arachnida: Araneomorphae)". Australian Entomological Magazine. 13: 77–81.
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