Synemosyna Explained
Synemosyna is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846.[1]
Species
it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico:[2]
- Synemosyna americana (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Mexico to Venezuela
- Synemosyna ankeli Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia
- Synemosyna aschnae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
- Synemosyna aurantiaca (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Colombia, Brazil, Argentina
- Synemosyna decipiens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Guatemala
- Synemosyna edwardsi Cutler, 1985 – Mexico to Costa Rica
- Synemosyna formica Hentz, 1846 (type) – USA
- Synemosyna hentzi Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil
- Synemosyna invemar Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia
- Synemosyna lauretta Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil, Argentina
- Synemosyna lucasi (Taczanowski, 1871) – Colombia to Peru and Guyana
- Synemosyna maddisoni Cutler, 1985 – Mexico, Guatemala
- Synemosyna myrmeciaeformis (Taczanowski, 1871) – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
- Synemosyna nicaraguaensis Cutler, 1993 – Nicaragua
- Synemosyna paraensis Galiano, 1967 – Brazil, French Guiana
- Synemosyna petrunkevitchi (Chapin, 1922) – USA, Cuba
- Synemosyna scutata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
- Synemosyna smithi Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Cuba, St. Vincent
- Synemosyna taperae (Mello-Leitão, 1933) – Brazil
- Synemosyna ubicki Cutler, 1988 – Costa Rica
External links
Further reading
- Cala-Riquelme . F. . 2010 . Primer registro de Synemosyna petrunkevitchi (Chapin, 1922) (Araneae: Salticidae) en Cuba . Novitates Caribaea . 3 . 3 . 85–86 . 10.33800/nc.v0i3.179 . es. free .
Notes and References
- Hentz. N. M.. 1846. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History. 352–370. 5. Nicholas Marcellus Hentz.
- Gen. Synemosyna Hentz, 1846. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-26. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.
