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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyLinyphiidae
Observations recorded434

Mecynidis Simon, 1894, Histoire Naturelle des Araignees, 1: 507. Type species by original designation and monotopy: M. dentipalpis Simon.

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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:

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