Mesida
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Mesida
| authority = Kulczyński, 1911
| type_species = M. humilis
| type_species_authority = Kulczyński, 1911
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 13, see text
}}
Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.{{citation| last=Kulczyński| first=W.| year=1911| contribution=Spinnen aus Nord-Neu-Guinea| title=Résultats de l'expédition scientifique néerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1903 sous les auspices de Arthur Wichmann| author-link=Władysław_Kulczyński}}
Species
{{as of|2019|10}} it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Mesida Kulczyński, 1911| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-11-16| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3289| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Mesida argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (Queensland)
- Mesida culta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – India, Sri Lanka
- Mesida gemmea (Hasselt, 1882) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Java), Taiwan
- Mesida grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
- Mesida humilis Kulczyński, 1911 (type) – New Guinea
- Mesida matinika Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Mesida mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea
- Mesida pumila (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sumatra) to New Guinea
- Mesida realensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- Mesida thorelli (Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles, Mayotte
- Mesida t. mauritiana (Simon, 1898) – Mauritius
- Mesida wilsoni Chrysanthus, 1975 – New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.)
- Mesida yangbi Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China
- Mesida yini Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 – China, Laos