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***Menemerus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [Eugène Louis Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1868.[4] They are 4 to 10 millimetres (0.16 to 0.39 in) long, flattened in shape, and very hairy, usually with brown and grayish hairs. Most species have white edges on the thorax. The [abdomen](/source/Opisthosoma) is often oval, or sometimes elongated or rounded.[5]

## Distribution

*Menemerus* are found worldwide in warmer climates.[5][1]

## Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 64 species:[1]

- *[Menemerus affinis](/source/Menemerus_affinis)* [Wesołowska](/source/Wanda_Weso%C5%82owska) & van Harten, 2010 – [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates)
- *[Menemerus animatus](/source/Menemerus_animatus)* [O. Pickard-Cambridge](/source/Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge), 1876 – [Senegal](/source/Senegal), [Mauritania](/source/Mauritania), [Mali](/source/Mali), North Africa, [Sudan](/source/Sudan), [Greece](/source/Greece), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), [Yemen](/source/Yemen), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia), [Iraq](/source/Iraq)
- *[Menemerus arabicus](/source/Menemerus_arabicus)* Prószyński, 1993 – Saudi Arabia
- *[Menemerus bicolor](/source/Menemerus_bicolor)* [G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham), 1896 – [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala)
- *[Menemerus bifurcus](/source/Menemerus_bifurcus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Southern Africa
- *[Menemerus bivittatus](/source/Menemerus_bivittatus)* ([Dufour](/source/L%C3%A9on_Jean_Marie_Dufour), 1831) – Africa. Introduced to North, Central and South America, [St. Helena](/source/St._Helena), southern Europe, Turkey, [India](/source/India), [China](/source/China), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), [Japan](/source/Japan), [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam), [Australia](/source/Australia), Pacific Islands
- *[Menemerus brachygnathus](/source/Menemerus_brachygnathus)* ([Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1887) – India to China, Japan and Malaysia. Introduced to [Argentina](/source/Argentina)
- *[Menemerus brevibulbis](/source/Menemerus_brevibulbis)* (Thorell, 1887) – Senegal to India
- *[Menemerus carlini](/source/Menemerus_carlini)* (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
- *[Menemerus congoensis](/source/Menemerus_congoensis)* [Lessert](/source/Roger_de_Lessert), 1927 – Sudan to South Africa
- *[Menemerus cummingorum](/source/Menemerus_cummingorum)* Wesołowska, 2007 – Zimbabwe
- *[Menemerus davidi](/source/Menemerus_davidi)* Prószyński & Wesołowska, 1999 – North Africa, [Israel](/source/Israel), [Jordan](/source/Jordan)
- *[Menemerus desertus](/source/Menemerus_desertus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – [Algeria](/source/Algeria)
- *[Menemerus dimidius](/source/Menemerus_dimidius)* (Schmidt, 1976) – [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands)
- *[Menemerus dubius](/source/Menemerus_dubius)* [Berland](/source/Lucien_Berland) & [Millot](/source/Jacques_Millot), 1941 – [Guinea](/source/Guinea), [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), [Uganda](/source/Uganda)
- *[Menemerus eburnensis](/source/Menemerus_eburnensis)* Berland & Millot, 1941 – Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast
- *[Menemerus errabundus](/source/Menemerus_errabundus)* [Logunov](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_V._Logunov), 2010 – Israel, [Iran](/source/Iran)
- *[Menemerus fagei](/source/Menemerus_fagei)* Berland & Millot, 1941 – Canary Islands, West Africa, Algeria, [Malta](/source/Malta), [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), [Egypt](/source/Egypt), Sudan, [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia), [Djibouti](/source/Djibouti), Yemen, Israel
- *[Menemerus felix](/source/Menemerus_felix)* Hogg, 1922 – Vietnam
- *[Menemerus foordi](/source/Menemerus_foordi)* [Haddad](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richard_Haddad) & Wesołowska, 2024 – South Africa
- *[Menemerus formosus](/source/Menemerus_formosus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – [Kenya](/source/Kenya)
- *[Menemerus fulvus](/source/Menemerus_fulvus)* ([L. Koch](/source/Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch), 1878) – India to China and Japan
- *[Menemerus guttatus](/source/Menemerus_guttatus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – [Morocco](/source/Morocco)
- *[Menemerus illigeri](/source/Menemerus_illigeri)* ([Audouin](/source/Jean_Victor_Audouin), 1826) – [Portugal](/source/Portugal), North Africa, Middle East, St. Helena
- *[Menemerus kochi](/source/Menemerus_kochi)* Bryant, 1942 – [Virgin Islands](/source/Virgin_Islands)
- *[Menemerus legalli](/source/Menemerus_legalli)* Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali
- *[Menemerus legendrei](/source/Menemerus_legendrei)* [Schenkel](/source/Ehrenfried_Schenkel-Haas), 1963 – China
- *[Menemerus lesnei](/source/Menemerus_lesnei)* Lessert, 1936 – [Namibia](/source/Namibia), [Botswana](/source/Botswana), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), Zimbabwe
- *[Menemerus lesserti](/source/Menemerus_lesserti)* [Lawrence](/source/Reginald_Frederick_Lawrence), 1927 – Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- *[Menemerus lobatus](/source/Menemerus_lobatus)* Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025 – Guinea
- *[Menemerus magnificus](/source/Menemerus_magnificus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon)
- *[Menemerus marginalis](/source/Menemerus_marginalis)* ([Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks), 1909) – [Costa Rica](/source/Costa_Rica)
- *[Menemerus marginatus](/source/Menemerus_marginatus)* (Kroneberg, 1875) – [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus) (Russia, Azerbaijan), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan), United Arab Emirates, Iran, Central Asia, [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), India
- *[Menemerus meridionalis](/source/Menemerus_meridionalis)* Wesołowska, 1999 – South Africa
- *[Menemerus minshullae](/source/Menemerus_minshullae)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Zimbabwe, [Malawi](/source/Malawi), South Africa
- *[Menemerus mirabilis](/source/Menemerus_mirabilis)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Ethiopia
- *[Menemerus modestus](/source/Menemerus_modestus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Algeria, [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia)
- *[Menemerus namibicus](/source/Menemerus_namibicus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Namibia
- *[Menemerus natalis](/source/Menemerus_natalis)* Wesołowska, 1999 – South Africa
- *[Menemerus niangbo](/source/Menemerus_niangbo)* Wesołowska & [Russell-Smith](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Russell-Smith), 2022 – Ivory Coast
- *[Menemerus nigeriensis](/source/Menemerus_nigeriensis)* Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011 – [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
- *[Menemerus nigli](/source/Menemerus_nigli)* Wesołowska & Freudenschuss, 2012 – Pakistan, India, [Thailand](/source/Thailand). Introduced to [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
- *[Menemerus pallescens](/source/Menemerus_pallescens)* Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- *[Menemerus paradoxus](/source/Menemerus_paradoxus)* Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
- *[Menemerus patellaris](/source/Menemerus_patellaris)* Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
- *[Menemerus pentamaculatus](/source/Menemerus_pentamaculatus)* Hu, 2001 – China
- *[Menemerus pilosus](/source/Menemerus_pilosus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Namibia, South Africa
- *[Menemerus placidus](/source/Menemerus_placidus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Namibia
- *[Menemerus plenus](/source/Menemerus_plenus)* Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994 – Yemen
- *[Menemerus pulcher](/source/Menemerus_pulcher)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Mauritania
- *[Menemerus rabaudi](/source/Menemerus_rabaudi)* Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- *[Menemerus regius](/source/Menemerus_regius)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Ethiopia
- *[Menemerus rubicundus](/source/Menemerus_rubicundus)* Lawrence, 1928 – Namibia, South Africa
- *[Menemerus sabulosus](/source/Menemerus_sabulosus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Namibia
- *[Menemerus semilimbatus](/source/Menemerus_semilimbatus)* ([Hahn](/source/Carl_Wilhelm_Hahn), 1829) – Canary Islands, Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran. Introduced to Argentina, [Chile](/source/Chile), [United States](/source/United_States) (type species)
- *[Menemerus sengleti](/source/Menemerus_sengleti)* Logunov, 2023 – Iran
- *[Menemerus soldani](/source/Menemerus_soldani)* (Audouin, 1826) – Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt
- *[Menemerus taeniatus](/source/Menemerus_taeniatus)* (L. Koch, 1867) – Mediterranean to Caucasus. Introduced to Argentina
- *[Menemerus transvaalicus](/source/Menemerus_transvaalicus)* Wesołowska, 1999 – South Africa, [Lesotho](/source/Lesotho)
- *[Menemerus tropicus](/source/Menemerus_tropicus)* Wesołowska, 2007 – Uganda, Kenya
- *[Menemerus utilis](/source/Menemerus_utilis)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Tunisia
- *[Menemerus vernei](/source/Menemerus_vernei)* Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea
- *[Menemerus wuchangensis](/source/Menemerus_wuchangensis)* Schenkel, 1963 – China
- *[Menemerus zimbabwensis](/source/Menemerus_zimbabwensis)* Wesołowska, 1999 – Zimbabwe, South Africa

## References

1. ["Gen. *Menemerus* Simon, 1868"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2782). World Spider Catalog. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2025-10-17.

1. Galiano, M. E. (1979). "Nuevos sinonimos en la familia Salticidae (Araneae)". *Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina*. **37**: 33.

1. Jastrzębski, P. (1997). "Salticidae from the Himalayas. Genus *Menemerus* Simon, 1868 (Araneae: Salticidae)". *Entomologica Basiliensis*. **20**: 41.

1. Simon, E. (1868). "Monographie des espèces européennes de la famille des attides (Attidae Sundewall. - Saltigradae Latreille)". *Annales de la Société Entomologique de France*. **8** (4): 529–726.

1. Wesołowska, W. (1999). ["A revision of the spider genus *Menemerus* in Africa (Araneae: Salticidae)"](http://www.cassidae.uni.wroc.pl/menemerus.pdf). *Genus*. **10** (2): 251–353.

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