Mecynidis

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.

Species
it contains eight species, found in Angola, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania:
 * Mecynidis antiqua Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
 * Mecynidis ascia Scharff, 1990 – Tanzania
 * Mecynidis bitumida Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
 * Mecynidis dentipalpis Simon, 1894 (type) – South Africa
 * Mecynidis laevitarsis Miller, 1970 – Angola
 * Mecynidis muthaiga Russell-Smith & Jocqué, 1986 – Kenya
 * Mecynidis scutata Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania
 * Mecynidis spiralis Jocqué & Scharff, 1986 – Tanzania