Mecynidis is a genus of African dwarf spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. Originally placed with the tangle-web spiders, it was moved to the Linyphiidae in 1964.
Its species are found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:
Species , this genus includes eight species:
Mecynidis antiqua Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania Mecynidis ascia Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania Mecynidis bitumida Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya Mecynidis dentipalpis Simon, 1894 – South Africa (type species) Mecynidis laevitarsis Miller, 1970 – Angola Mecynidis muthaiga Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya Mecynidis scutata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania Mecynidis spiralis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
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