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Mecynogea

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Mecynogea
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Mecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903.[3] The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth".[4]

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Species

As of April 2019 it contains nine species in the Americas:[1]

  • 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
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