Mexigonus

Mexigonus is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by G. B. Edwards in 2003.^[2] The name is a reference to Mexico, where the first identified species were found.

Mexigonus
Male Mexigonus sp. in Jalisco, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Mexigonus Edwards, 2003[1]
Type species
M. minutus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)
Species
4, see text

Species

As of July 2019^[update] it contains four species, found only in Mexico and the United States:^[1]

• Mexigonus arizonensis (Banks, 1904) – USA, Mexico
• Mexigonus dentichelis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
• Mexigonus minutus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) (type) – USA, Mexico
• Mexigonus morosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA