Introduction

These large long-legged spiders hunt nocturally in low vegetation and include two genera, the very large and more widespread Deinopis and the smaller often green-bodied Avella. They construct a beautiful blue rectangular web which they hold in their first two pairs of legs and quickly trap moths flying nearby; the blue colour is imparted by cribellate silk spun by the vestige of a pair of spinnerets. Recently, it has been shown that in construction of frame, radii, non-sticky spiral and sticky spiral, the web is an orb-web with the same patterns of web constructions as other orb-web spiders (Coddington at IX Congress of Arachnology, Panama, 1983).

Diagnosis

Deinopids are recognised by the large ventrally directed carapaceal tubercle on which the anterior lateral eyes are set. The net-casting spiders are medium to large, 3-clawed cribellate spiders with abdomen much longer than wide. Eyes in three rows 4.2.2. PME facing forwards, very large in Deinopis. Embolus long and coiled. Cribellum undivided. Ventral row of macrosetae on tarsi IV. One trichobothrium on metatarsi, none on tarsi.

General References

Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [11]

History of changes

• Asianopis Lin, Y., Shao, L., Hänggi, A., Caleb, J.T.D., Koh, J.K.H., Jäger, P. & Li, S. 2020. Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia. ZooKeys 911: 67–99.
  Zoobank Registration Number:http://zoobank.org/C8CA3BB7-776C-4BB9-9E19-F819587E87AB

  Type species:

   Asianopis zhuanghaoyuni Lin & Li, 2020 by original designation, see Lin, Y., Shao, L., Hänggi, A., Caleb, J.T.D., Koh, J.K.H., Jäger, P. & Li, S. 2020. Asianopis gen. nov., a new genus of the spider family Deinopidae from Asia. ZooKeys 911: 67–99.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP) ; SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Deinopis fasciatus Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1045 pl. 92 figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH MGH 16504 ♀ juv., Gayndah, QLD; whereabouts unknown ♂ juv., Bowen, QLD, see .

Generic Combinations

• Asianopis fasciata (L. Koch, 1879). —
  Chamberland, L., Agnarsson, I., Quayle, I.L., Ruddy, T., Starrett, J. & Bond, J.E. 2022. Biogeography and eye size evolution of the ogre-faced spiders. Scientific Reports 12(17769) (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Possibly VIC and SA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Deinopis ravidus Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1041 pl. 91 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH MGH 16503 ♀ adult, Gayndah, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60.

Generic Combinations

• Asianopis ravida (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Chamberland, L., Agnarsson, I., Quayle, I.L., Ruddy, T., Starrett, J. & Bond, J.E. 2022. Biogeography and eye size evolution of the ogre-faced spiders. Scientific Reports 12(17769) (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

General References

Mascord, R. 1980. Spiders of Australia. A field guide. Sydney : Reed 128 pp. (biology)

History of changes

• Dinopis schomburgki Karsch, F. 1878. Exotisch-araneologisches. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften Halle 51: 323-333, 771-826 [333].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♀ adult, Adelaide, SA.

Generic Combinations

• Asianopis schomburgki (Karsch, 1878). —
  Chamberland, L., Agnarsson, I., Quayle, I.L., Ruddy, T., Starrett, J. & Bond, J.E. 2022. Biogeography and eye size evolution of the ogre-faced spiders. Scientific Reports 12(17769) (new combination)

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Deinopis subrufus Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1039 pl. 91 fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, Bowen and Brisbane, QLD.
• Deinopis bicornis Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1049 pl. 92 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♂ adult, Sydney, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp. [61]

Generic Combinations

• Asianopis subrufa (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Chamberland, L., Agnarsson, I., Quayle, I.L., Ruddy, T., Starrett, J. & Bond, J.E. 2022. Biogeography and eye size evolution of the ogre-faced spiders. Scientific Reports 12(17769) (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

General References

Austin, A.D. & Blest, A.D. 1979. The biology of two Australian species of dinopid spiders. Journal of Zoology, London 189: 145-156

Baum, J. 1937. On the habits of the Australian spider Dinopis subrufus L. Koch. Vestnik Ceskoslovenske Spolecnosti Zoologicke 5: 28-33

Blest, A.D. 1978. The rapid synthesis and destruction of photoreceptor membrane by a dinopid spider: a daily cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 200: 463-483

Blest, A.D., Kao, L. & Powell, K. 1978. Photoreceptor membrane breakdown in the spider Dinopis: the fate of rhabdomere products. Cell and Tissue Research 195: 425-444

Blest, A.D., Powell, K. & Kao, L. 1978. Photoreceptor membrane breakdown in the spider Dinopis: GERL differentiation in the intermediate segments. Cell and Tissue Research 195: 227-297

Blest, A.D., Price, G.D. & Marples, J. 1979. Photoreceptor membrane breakdown in the spider Dinopis : localisation of acid phosphatases. Cell and Tissue Research 199: 455-472

Blest, A.D. & Land, M.F. 1977. The physiological optics of Dinopis subrufus L. Koch: a fish lens in a spider. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 196: 198-222

Clyne, D. 1967. Notes on the construction of the net and sperm-web of a cribellate spider Dinopis subrufus (Koch) (Araneida: Dinopidae). The Australian Zoologist 14: 189-197

Mascord, R. 1980. Spiders of Australia. A field guide. Sydney : Reed 128 pp.

McKeown, K.C. 1936. Spider Wonders of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 270 pp.

McKeown, K.C. 1952. Australian Spiders. Their lives and habits. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 274 pp.

History of changes

• Deinopis tabidus Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1047 pl. 92 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, Cape York, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Asianopis tabida (L. Koch, 1879) [Reported as Asianopis tabidus]. —
  Chamberland, L., Agnarsson, I., Quayle, I.L., Ruddy, T., Starrett, J. & Bond, J.E. 2022. Biogeography and eye size evolution of the ogre-faced spiders. Scientific Reports 12(17769) (new combination)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Deinopis unicolor Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1043 pl. 91 fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ adult, King George Sound, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Asianopis unicolor (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Chamberland, L., Agnarsson, I., Quayle, I.L., Ruddy, T., Starrett, J. & Bond, J.E. 2022. Biogeography and eye size evolution of the ogre-faced spiders. Scientific Reports 12(17769) (new combination)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Possibly NT and QLD

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Menneus Simon, E. 1876. Etude sur le arachnides du Congo. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 1: 12–15, 215–224 [218].
• Avella Cambridge, O.P.- 1877. On some new species of Araneidea, with characters of two new genera and some remarks on the families Podophthalmides and Dinopides. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 557-578 [574].

  Type species:

   Avella despiciens O.P.-Cambridge, 1877 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [12] (synonymy).

Introduction

A key to global species was provided by Coddington et al. (2012) in their review of the genus.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; WA: Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [12]

History of changes

• Avella angulata Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1037 pl. 91 fig. 1] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH MGH 16502 ♀ adult, Rockhampton, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60.

  Secondary source:

   Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [26] (Nomen dubium; damaged specimen, unclear if it was an adult).

Generic Combinations

• Menneus angulata (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Menneus aussie Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Rundle Range, Qld.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also occurs in New Caledonia

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

History of changes

• Menneus bituberculatus Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♀ (pit traps, rainforest, Raven & Green, 6.x.1981, 1 juvenile), Upper Brookfield, Qld [−27.49, 152.86].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Potentially occurs in West Papua based on an uncertain identification

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Avella despiciens Cambridge, O.P.- 1877. On some new species of Araneidea, with characters of two new genera and some remarks on the families Podophthalmides and Dinopides. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 557-578 [574] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♀ adult, Rockhampton, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [26] (nomen dubium; juvenile female).

Generic Combinations

• Menneus despiciens (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes

• Menneus nemesio Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS ♂ (150 m, Ross & Cavagnaro, 3.xii.1962,), 5 mi N Hawkesbury R., NSW [−33.53, 151.19].
  Paratype(s) AM KS16866 ♀ (N Allan, 30.viii.1969), Epping, Sydney, NSW [−33.77, 151.08]; AM KS13622 ♀ (MR Gray, 7.xii.1983), Wamberal, NSW [−33.42, 151.45].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

History of changes

• Menneus quasimodo Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♀ (“senex,” 1926), Norseman, WA [32°12′S 121°46′E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO)

History of changes

• Avella superciliosa Thorell, T. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 17: 1-727 [200].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG ♀ adult, Somerset, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Menneus superciliosa (Thorell, 1881). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911] [124] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

General References

Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [20-21] (as Menneus superciliosus)

Lehtinen, P.T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468 [217] (as Avella superciliosa)

History of changes

• Menneus trinodosus Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Arachnida from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 229-272 [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA N1981233 ♀ adult, Lord Howe Is.
• Dinopis insularis Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Arachnida from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 229-272 [229].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SAMA N1981232 ♂ adult, Lord Howe Is.; AM KS6476 ♀ adult, Lord Howe Is.

  Secondary source:

   Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [24] (synonymy).

Generic Combinations

• Avella insularis (Rainbow, 1920). —
  Lehtinen, P.T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468 [217] (new combination)
• Avella trinodosus (Rainbow, 1920). —
  Lehtinen, P.T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468 [217] (new combination)

Introduction

Transferred from former position in Avella Cambridge, 1877 by Coddington et al. (2012).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

General References

Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [24]

Lehtinen, P.T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468 (taxonomy)

History of changes

• Avella unifasciata Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1035 pl. 90 fig. 6] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZFMK ♂ adult, Sydney, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [26] (nomina dubia; holotype presumed lost).

Generic Combinations

• Menneus unifasciata (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

General References

Austin, A.D. & Blest, A.D. 1979. The biology of two Australian species of dinopid spiders. Journal of Zoology, London 189: 145-156

Blest, A.D., Williams, D.S. & Kao, L. 1980. The posterior median eyes of the dinopid spider Menneus. Cell and Tissue Research 211: 391-403

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp.

Mascord, R. 1980. Spiders of Australia. A field guide. Sydney : Reed 128 pp. (ecology)

History of changes

• Menneus wa Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂ (inside house, R. P. McMillan, 2.iii.1994), Denmark, WA [34°58′S 117°21′E].
  Paratype(s) WAM ♀ (night collecting, MS Harvey & JM Waldock, 25.v.1994), Quaalup Homestead, WA [34°17′S 119°26′E]; WAM numerous ♀ (MS Harvey & JM Waldock, 25.iv.1990,), Torndirrup Nat. Pk., Quaranup Rd., WA [35°05′S 117°55′E].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR)

History of changes