Mecynogea

Mecynogea
	M. lemniscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Mecynogea; Simon, 1903
Type species
	; Simon, 1903
Species
	9, see text
Synonyms
	Allepeira Banks, 1932;

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]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains nine species in the Americas:^[1]

Levi, 1997 – Mexico
Simon, 1903 – Brazil, Uruguay
Levi, 1997 – Brazil
(Holmberg, 1876) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile
(Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Colombia, Brazil
Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer, 1841) – USA to Argentina
(Archer, 1958) – Cuba, Hispaniola
Levi, 1997 – Mexico
Levi, 1997 – Venezuela, Brazil

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Mecynogea Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.

[Levi2003-2] Levi, H. W. (2003). "The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 157: 309–382.

[Simo1903-3] Simon, E. (1903). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 47: 21–39. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25299.

[bugguide-4] "Genus Mecynogea". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-13.

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