Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0101] Detail
Gen. Meleon Wanless, 1984 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03066] Detail
type Portia kenti Lessert, 1925; gender feminine
In synonymy:
Meleon cazomboensis (Wanless, 1978) = Meleon kenti (Lessert, 1925) (Wanless in Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 39, sub Portia).
Meleon falcifera (Wanless, 1978) = Meleon solitaria (Lessert, 1927) (Wijesinghe, 1994: 60).
Meleon oreophila (Wanless, 1978) = Meleon madagascarensis (Wanless, 1978) (Wijesinghe, 1994: 59).
Meleon guineensis (Berland & Millot, 1941) | m f | Guinea, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Uganda     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034517]
Linus guineensis Berland & Millot, 1941: 399, f. 92 (Df).
Portia guineensis Roewer, 1965: 14, f. 12 (f, T from Linus).
Meleon solitaria Wanless, 1984a: 187, f. 26A-G (m; misidentified per Wijesinghe, 1994: 59).
Meleon guineensis Wijesinghe, 1994: 59, f. 1-3, 7 (f, removed from S of M. solitaria, contra Wanless, 1978f: 91, sub Portia).
Meleon guineensis Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 171, f. 28-36, 38, 39 (mf).
Meleon guineensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 65, f. 43A-C (mf).
Meleon insulanus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 | m f | Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041772]
Meleon insulanus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 100, f. 11-13, 17-28 (Dmf; N.B.: specific epithet is a noun).
Meleon kenti (Lessert, 1925) * | m f | Angola, Southern Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034518]
Portia kenti Lessert, 1925b: 339, f. 8 (Dm).
Portia kenti Roewer, 1965: 11, f. 10 (m).
Portia cazomboensis Wanless, 1978f: 90, f. 2A-D (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058146].
Portia kenti Wanless, 1978f: 111, f. 14A, C-D, 15A (m).
Portia kenti Wanless, in Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 39 (S of Portia cazomboensis).
Meleon kenti Wanless, 1984a: 187, f. 34C-E, 36E (mf, T from Portia).
Meleon madagascarensis (Wanless, 1978) | m f | Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034519]
Portia madagascarensis Wanless, 1978f: 114, f. 16A-D (Dm).
Portia oreophila Wanless, 1978f: 116, f. 17A-D (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058148].
Meleon madagascarensis Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia).
Meleon oreophila Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia).
Meleon madagascarensis Wijesinghe, 1994: 59 (S of Meleon madagascarensis).
Meleon madagascarensis Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 100, f. 14-16 (m).
Meleon madagascarensis Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 173, f. 40-47, 53-56 (m).
Meleon raharizonina Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 | m f | Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041773]
Meleon raharizonina Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 102, f. 29-35 (Dm).
Meleon raharizonina Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 177, f. 37, 48-51 (Df).
Meleon russata (Simon, 1900) | m f | Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034520]
Portia russata Simon, 1900b: 381 (Df).
Portia russata Wanless, 1978f: 97, f. 6A-D (f).
Meleon russata Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia).
Meleon russata Azarkina & Logunov, 2010: 177, f. 26-27, 57-69 (f, Dm).
Meleon solitaria (Lessert, 1927) | m f | West, Central, East Africa     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034521]
Portia solitaria Lessert, 1927: 425, f. 14 (Df).
Portia solitaria Roewer, 1965: 13, f. 13 (f).
Portia solitaria Wanless, 1978f: 91, f. 3A-F (f, S of Portia guineensis; rejected by Wijesinghe, 1994: 59).
Portia falcifera Wanless, 1978f: 111, f. 14B, E-F, 15B-D (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058147].
Meleon solitaria Wanless, 1984a: 187 (T from Portia; m f. 26A-G see Meleon guineensis).
Meleon falcifera Wanless, 1984a: 195 (T from Portia).
Meleon solitaria Wijesinghe, 1994: 60, f. 4-6, 8 (f, S of Meleon falcifera).
Meleon solitaria Wesołowska & Edwards, 2012: 751, f. 63-65 (m).
Meleon tsaratanana Logunov & Azarkina, 2008 | f | Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:041774]
Meleon tsaratanana Logunov & Azarkina, 2008a: 103, f. 36-40 (Df).
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