Mecynometa

Mecynometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894.[2] As of October 2019 it contains three species, found in Africa, Brazil, and Guatemala: M. argyrosticta, M. gibbosa, and M. globosa.[1]

Mecynometa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Mecynometa
Simon, 1894[1]
Type species
M. globosa
Species
  • M. argyrosticta Simon, 1907 – West Africa, Congo
  • M. gibbosa Schmidt & Krause, 1993 – Comoros
  • M. globosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Guatemala to Brazil

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Mecynometa Simon, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  2. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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