Menemerus fagei is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in West Africa, Malta, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Yemen, and Israel and was first described by Berland & Millot in 1941.[1] It is named for the French zoologist Louis Fage, and so should be pronounced /ˈfɑːʒ/.[2]

Menemerus fagei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Menemerus
Species:
M. fagei
Binomial name
Menemerus fagei
Berland & Millot, 1941

References

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  1. Bern, Natural History Museum. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  2. Thomas, J. (1896:1469). Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. United States: Lippincott.
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