Mecaphesa

Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2]

Mecaphesa
M. asperata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Mecaphesa
Simon, 1900[1]
Type species
M. cincta
Simon, 1900
Species

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Species

As of September 2019 it contains forty-nine species and three subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii:[1]

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

References
  1. "Gen. Mecaphesa Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  2. Simon, E. (1900), "Arachnida", in Sharp, D. (ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the zoology of the Sandwich Isles: being results of the explorations instituted by the Royal Society of London promoting natural knowledge and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 2


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