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Messua avicennia Edwards & Baert, 2018

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Salticoidea

Family
Salticidae

Section
Dendryphantini

Genus
Messua

Species
avicennia

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution: Only known from Galápagos. Galápagos distribution: Floreana, Santa Cruz, Rábida. References: Edwards & Baert (2018),

References

Baert, L. Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Konjev Desender, Frederik Hendrickx (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1–188.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Messua avicennia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25298. Accessed 5 November 2026.