Mecynogea
Sign in to saveMecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth".
Species
Basilica Orbweaver
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAraneidae
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Mecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth".
==Species== it contains nine species in the Americas: 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