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Jumping spiders of America North of Mexico

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Messua
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A neotropical genus of medium-sized dendryphantines just reaching SW US.

For more information and links to the species, go to Messua in the Tree of Life.

References most relevant to species north of Mexico: Maddison (1996).


Identification

Males with elongate and diverging chelicerae. Females of the common U.S. species, M. limbata, are dark with a metallic green sheen.

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Habitat

Foliage-dwelling.

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