Mesida
# Mesida

Mesida is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Władysław Kulczyński in 1911.

## Species

As of October 2019 it contains thirteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa, Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:

* 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
