Mecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903.[3] The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth".[4]
| Mecynogea | |
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| M. lemniscata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Mecynogea Simon, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. bigibba Simon, 1903
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| Species | |
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9, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species edit
As of April 2019[update] it contains nine species in the Americas:[1]
- Mecynogea apatzingan Levi, 1997 – Mexico
- Mecynogea bigibba Simon, 1903 – Brazil, Uruguay
- Mecynogea buique Levi, 1997 – Brazil
- Mecynogea erythromela (Holmberg, 1876) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile
- Mecynogea infelix (Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Colombia, Brazil
- Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer, 1841) – USA to Argentina
- Mecynogea martiana (Archer, 1958) – Cuba, Hispaniola
- Mecynogea ocosingo Levi, 1997 – Mexico
- Mecynogea sucre Levi, 1997 – Venezuela, Brazil
References edit
- ^ a b c "Gen. Mecynogea Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Levi, H. W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.
- ^ Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 47: 21–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25299.
- ^ "Genus Mecynogea". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
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