Mesudus

Mesudus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Mesudus; Özdikmen, 2007[1]
Type species
	M. solitarius; (Forster, 1970)
Species
	M. frondosus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand ; M. setosus (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand ; M. solitarius (Forster, 1970) – New Zealand;

Mesudus is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by H. Özdikmen in 2007.[2] As of May 2019 it contains only three species, all found in New Zealand: M. frondosus, M. setosus, and M. solitarius.[1]

References

"Gen. Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
Özdikmen, H. (2007). "Nomenclatural changes for seven preoccupied spider genera (Arachnida: Araneae)". Munis Entomology and Zoology. 2: 137–142.

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[NMBE-1] "Gen. Mesudus Özdikmen, 2007". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[Özdi2007-2] Özdikmen, H. (2007). "Nomenclatural changes for seven preoccupied spider genera (Arachnida: Araneae)". Munis Entomology and Zoology. 2: 137–142.