Biology:Mecynometa

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Short description: Genus of spiders

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

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]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). Gen. Mecynometa Simon, 1894. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3287. Retrieved 2019-11-16. 
  2. Simon, E (1894). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 

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