Mecaphesa

Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

Species

it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii:

• Mecaphesa aikoae <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa anguliventris <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa arida <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa asperata <small>(Hentz, 1847)</small> – North, Central America, Caribbean
• Mecaphesa baltea <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa bubulcus <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Puerto Rico
• Mecaphesa californica <small>(Banks, 1896)</small> – USA, Mexico, Hispaniola
• Mecaphesa carletonica <small>(Dondale & Redner, 1976)</small> – USA, Canada
• Mecaphesa cavata <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa celer <small>(Hentz, 1847)</small> – North, Central America
• Mecaphesa cincta <small>Simon, 1900</small> (type) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa coloradensis <small>(Gertsch, 1933)</small> – USA, Mexico
• Mecaphesa damnosa <small>(Keyserling, 1880)</small> – Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
• Mecaphesa decora <small>(Banks, 1898)</small> – Mexico, Guatemala
• Mecaphesa deserti <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA, Mexico
• Mecaphesa devia <small>(Gertsch, 1939)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa discreta <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa dubia <small>(Keyserling, 1880)</small> – USA, Mexico
• Mecaphesa edita <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa facunda <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa gabrielensis <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa gertschi <small>(Kraus, 1955)</small> – El Salvador
• Mecaphesa hiatus <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa imbricata <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa importuna <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa i. belkini <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa inclusa <small>(Banks, 1902)</small> – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Mecaphesa insulana <small>(Keyserling, 1890)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa juncta <small>(Suman, 1971)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa kanakana <small>(Karsch, 1880)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa lepida <small>(Thorell, 1877)</small> – USA, Canada
• Mecaphesa lowriei <small>(Schick, 1970)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa naevigera <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa nigrofrenata <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa oreades <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa perkinsi <small>Simon, 1904</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa persimilis <small>(Kraus, 1955)</small> – El Salvador
• Mecaphesa prosper <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)</small> – Guatemala
• Mecaphesa quercina <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa reddelli <small>Baert, 2013</small> – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Mecaphesa revillagigedoensis <small>(Jiménez, 1991)</small> – Mexico
• Mecaphesa rothi <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa rufithorax <small>(Simon, 1904)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa schlingeri <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa semispinosa <small>Simon, 1900</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa sierrensis <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA
• Mecaphesa sjostedti <small>(Berland, 1924)</small> – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
• Mecaphesa spiralis <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900)</small> – Guatemala
• Mecaphesa velata <small>(Simon, 1900)</small> – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa verityi <small>(Schick, 1965)</small> – USA

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References