- Mexigonus
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Mexigonus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Section: Dionycha Family: Salticidae Subfamily: Euophryinae Genus: Mexigonus
Edwards, 2002Type species Sidusa minuta
F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901Species see text
Diversity 4 species Mexigonus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is a reference to the occurrence of several species in Mexico.
Species
- Mexigonus arizonensis (Banks, 1904) (USA, Mexico)
- Mexigonus dentichelis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Mexico)
- Mexigonus minutus (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (USA, Mexico)
- Mexigonus morosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) (USA)
References
- Edwards, G.B. (2002). A review of the Nearctic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico. Insecta Mundi 16: 65-75.
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