| Mecynogea | |
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| M. lemniscata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Mecynogea Simon, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| M. bigibba Simon, 1903 | |
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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
As of April 2019 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
References
- ^ "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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