Mecynogea

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

it contains nine species in the Americas:

• Mecynogea apatzingan <small>Levi, 1997</small> – Mexico
• Mecynogea bigibba <small>Simon, 1903</small> – Brazil, Uruguay
• Mecynogea buique <small>Levi, 1997</small> – Brazil
• Mecynogea erythromela <small>(Holmberg, 1876)</small> – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile
• Mecynogea infelix <small>(Soares & Camargo, 1948)</small> – Colombia, Brazil
• Mecynogea lemniscata <small>(Walckenaer, 1841)</small> – USA to Argentina
• Mecynogea martiana <small>(Archer, 1958)</small> – Cuba, Hispaniola
• Mecynogea ocosingo <small>Levi, 1997</small> – Mexico
• Mecynogea sucre <small>Levi, 1997</small> – Venezuela, Brazil

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