Mecaphesa

Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

==Species== it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii: Mecaphesa aikoae (Schick, 1965) – USA Mecaphesa anguliventris (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii Mecaphesa arida (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America, Caribbean Mecaphesa baltea (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa bubulcus (Suman, 1971) – Puerto Rico Mecaphesa californica (Banks, 1896) – USA, Mexico, Hispaniola Mecaphesa carletonica (Dondale & Redner, 1976) – USA, Canada Mecaphesa cavata (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa celer (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America Mecaphesa cincta Simon, 1900 (type) – Hawaii Mecaphesa coloradensis (Gertsch, 1933) – USA, Mexico Mecaphesa damnosa (Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico, Guatemala, Panama Mecaphesa decora (Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Guatemala Mecaphesa deserti (Schick, 1965) – USA, Mexico Mecaphesa devia (Gertsch, 1939) – USA Mecaphesa discreta (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa dubia (Keyserling, 1880) – USA, Mexico Mecaphesa edita (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa facunda (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa gabrielensis (Schick, 1965) – USA Mecaphesa gertschi (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador Mecaphesa hiatus (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa imbricata (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa importuna (Keyserling, 1881) – USA Mecaphesa i. belkini (Schick, 1965) – USA Mecaphesa inclusa (Banks, 1902) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) Mecaphesa insulana (Keyserling, 1890) – Hawaii Mecaphesa juncta (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii Mecaphesa kanakana (Karsch, 1880) – Hawaii Mecaphesa lepida (Thorell, 1877) – USA, Canada Mecaphesa lowriei (Schick, 1970) – USA Mecaphesa naevigera (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii Mecaphesa nigrofrenata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii Mecaphesa oreades (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii Mecaphesa perkinsi Simon, 1904 – Hawaii Mecaphesa persimilis (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador Mecaphesa prosper (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Guatemala Mecaphesa quercina (Schick, 1965) – USA Mecaphesa reddelli Baert, 2013 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) Mecaphesa revillagigedoensis (Jiménez, 1991) – Mexico Mecaphesa rothi (Schick, 1965) – USA Mecaphesa rufithorax (Simon, 1904) – Hawaii Mecaphesa schlingeri (Schick, 1965) – USA Mecaphesa semispinosa Simon, 1900 – Hawaii Mecaphesa sierrensis (Schick, 1965) – USA Mecaphesa sjostedti (Berland, 1924) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) Mecaphesa spiralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Guatemala Mecaphesa velata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii Mecaphesa verityi (Schick, 1965) – USA