Mecynogea Explained

Mecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903.^[1] The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth".^[2]

Species

it contains nine species in the Americas:^[3]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1903. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux.. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 21–39. 47. 10.5962/bhl.part.25299. free.
2. Web site: Genus Mecynogea. BugGuide. 2019-05-13.
3. Web site: Gen. Mecynogea Simon, 1903. World Spider Catalog. 2019-05-13. Natural History Museum Bern.