Mermessus

Mermessus is a genus of spiders in the family Linyphiidae. It was first described in 1899 by O. Pickard-Cambridge. , it contains 81 species.

Species list
Mermessus comprises the following species:


 * Mermessus agressus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – US, Mexico
 * Mermessus albulus (Zorsch & Crosby, 1934) – US
 * Mermessus annamae (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
 * Mermessus antraeus (Crosby, 1926) – US, Mexico
 * Mermessus augustae (Crosby & Bishop, 1933) – US
 * Mermessus augustalis (Crosby & Bishop, 1933) – US, Canada
 * Mermessus avius (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus brevidentatus (Emerton, 1909) – US
 * Mermessus bryantae (Ivie & Barrows, 1935) – North America, Cuba, Venezuela, Azores
 * Mermessus caelebs (Millidge, 1987) – Panama, Venezuela
 * Mermessus coahuilanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) – US, Mexico
 * Mermessus cognatus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico to Costa Rica
 * Mermessus colimus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus comes (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus conexus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus conjunctus (Millidge, 1991) – Brazil
 * Mermessus contortus (Emerton, 1882) – US
 * Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1898) – US to Colombia (Europe, North Africa, introduced)
 * Mermessus dentiger O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 – US to Guatemala, Caribbean
 * Mermessus dentimandibulatus (Keyserling, 1886) – Colombia, Peru
 * Mermessus dominicus (Millidge, 1987) – Dominica
 * Mermessus dopainus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Mexico
 * Mermessus entomologicus (Emerton, 1911) – US, Canada
 * Mermessus estrellae (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus facetus (Millidge, 1987) – Costa Rica
 * Mermessus floridus (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus formosus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus fractus (Millidge, 1987) – Costa Rica
 * Mermessus fradeorum (Berland, 1932) – Cosmopolitan
 * Mermessus fuscus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus hebes (Millidge, 1991) – Venezuela
 * Mermessus holdus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1939) – US, Canada
 * Mermessus hospita (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus ignobilis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus imago (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus index (Emerton, 1914) – US, Canada
 * Mermessus indicabilis (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) – US
 * Mermessus inornatus (Ivie & Barrows, 1935) – US
 * Mermessus insulsus (Millidge, 1991) – Peru
 * Mermessus jona (Bishop & Crosby, 1938) – US, Canada
 * Mermessus leoninus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus libanus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus lindrothi (Holm, 1960) – Alaska
 * Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892) – Russia, Canada to Guatemala
 * Mermessus maderus (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus major (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus mediocris (Millidge, 1987) – US, Canada
 * Mermessus medius (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus merus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus mniarus (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) – US
 * Mermessus modicus (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus montanus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus monticola (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus moratus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus naniwaensis (Oi, 1960) – China, Japan
 * Mermessus nigrus (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
 * Mermessus obscurus (Millidge, 1991) – Colombia
 * Mermessus orbus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus ornatus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus paludosus (Millidge, 1987) – Canada
 * Mermessus paulus (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus perplexus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus persimilis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus pinicola (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus probus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus proximus (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
 * Mermessus rapidulus (Bishop & Crosby, 1938) – Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
 * Mermessus singularis (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus socius (Chamberlin, 1949) – US
 * Mermessus sodalis (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus solitus (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus solus (Millidge, 1987) – Mexico
 * Mermessus subantillanus (Millidge, 1987) – Guadeloupe
 * Mermessus taibo (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933) – US, Canada
 * Mermessus tenuipalpis (Emerton, 1911) – US
 * Mermessus tepejicanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
 * Mermessus tibialis (Millidge, 1987) – US
 * Mermessus tlaxcalanus (Gertsch & Davis, 1937) – Mexico
 * Mermessus tridentatus (Emerton, 1882) – US, Canada, Puerto Rico
 * Mermessus trilobatus (Emerton, 1882) – Holarctic
 * Mermessus undulatus (Emerton, 1914) – US, Canada