Synemosyna

Synemosyna is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846.

Species

it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico:

• Synemosyna americana <small>(Peckham & Peckham, 1885)</small> – Mexico to Venezuela
• Synemosyna ankeli <small>Cutler & Müller, 1991</small> – Colombia
• Synemosyna aschnae <small>Makhan, 2006</small> – Suriname
• Synemosyna aurantiaca <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1917)</small> – Colombia, Brazil, Argentina
• Synemosyna decipiens <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)</small> – Mexico, Guatemala
• Synemosyna edwardsi <small>Cutler, 1985</small> – Mexico to Costa Rica
• Synemosyna formica <small>Hentz, 1846</small> (type) – USA
• Synemosyna hentzi <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1892</small> – Brazil
• Synemosyna invemar <small>Cutler & Müller, 1991</small> – Colombia
• Synemosyna lauretta <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1892</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Synemosyna lucasi <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> – Colombia to Peru and Guyana
• Synemosyna maddisoni <small>Cutler, 1985</small> – Mexico, Guatemala
• Synemosyna myrmeciaeformis <small>(Taczanowski, 1871)</small> – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
• Synemosyna nicaraguaensis <small>Cutler, 1993</small> – Nicaragua
• Synemosyna paraensis <small>Galiano, 1967</small> – Brazil, French Guiana
• Synemosyna petrunkevitchi <small>(Chapin, 1922)</small> – USA, Cuba
• Synemosyna scutata <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1943)</small> – Brazil
• Synemosyna smithi <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1894</small> – Cuba, St. Vincent
• Synemosyna taperae <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1933)</small> – Brazil
• Synemosyna ubicki <small>Cutler, 1988</small> – Costa Rica

References

External links

• Photographs of Synemosyna species from Brazil
• Painting of Synemosyna sp.
• Picture of S. formica

Further reading