Messapus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Corinnidae
Genus:	Messapus Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
M. martini Simon, 1898
Species
7, see text

Messapus is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.^[2]

As of April 2019^[update] it contains seven species:^[1]

• Messapus martini Simon, 1898 — Zambia, South Africa
• Messapus megae Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Zimbabwe
• Messapus meridionalis Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — South Africa
• Messapus natalis (Pocock, 1898) — Mozambique, South Africa
• Messapus seiugatus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Guinea
• Messapus tigris Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Botswana, Namibia
• Messapus tropicus Haddad & Mbo, 2015 — Congo