Mermessus fradeorum

{{Short description|Species of spider}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Mermessus fradeorum

| authority = (Berland, 1932)

| synonyms =

  • Parerigone fradeorum
  • Anerigone fradeorum
  • Eperigone banksi
  • Aitutakia armata

}}

Mermessus fradeorum is a species of sheet weaver spider.{{Cite web |last=Bern |first=Natural History Museum |title=NMBE - World Spider Catalog |url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/16438 |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=wsc.nmbe.ch |language=en}}

Taxonomy

This species was described as Parerigone fradeorum in 1932 by Lucien Berland.{{Cite journal |last=Brölemann |first=Henry Wilfrid |date=1932 |title=Description d'un Myriapode nouveau de la Guyane française |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1932_num_37_8_14406 |journal=Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France |language=fr |volume=37 |issue=8 |pages=119–121 |doi=10.3406/bsef.1932.14406 |issn=0037-928X}}

Distribution

This species is known from North America. It has also been introduced to Azores, Cyprus, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, China, New Zealand.

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