Mastigusa

Mastigusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Hahniidae
Genus:	Mastigusa ; Menge, 1854
Species
	4, see text

Last updated January 24, 2026

Mastigusa is a genus of dwarf sheet spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1854.^[2]

Species

As of January 2026^[update], this genus includes four species:^[1]

Mastigusa arietina (Thorell, 1871) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe, Caucasus, South Siberia), Georgia, Iran
Mastigusa diversa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) – Britain, Portugal, Spain, Algeria
Mastigusa lucifuga (Simon, 1898) – France (Pyrenees)
Mastigusa macrophthalma (Kulczyński, 1897) – Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria

References

1 2 "Gen. Menge, 1854". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-23.
↑ Menge, A. (1854), "Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen", in Koch, C. L.; G. C. Berendt (eds.), Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt, vol. 1, Berlin, pp. 1–124

External links

Citizen science observations for Mastigusa at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Menge, 1854". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-23.

[Meng1854-2] Menge, A. (1854), "Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen", in Koch, C. L.; G. C. Berendt (eds.), Die im Bernstein befindlichen Crustaceen, Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt, vol. 1, Berlin, pp. 1–124

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