Mexigonus
| Mexigonus | |
|---|---|
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| Male Mexigonus sp. in Jalisco, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Edwards, 2003[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. minutus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) | |
| Species | |
| 4, see text | |
Mexigonus is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by G. B. Edwards in 2003.[2] The name is a reference to Mexico, where the first identified species were found.
Species
As of July 2019 it contains four species, found only in Mexico and the United States:[1]
- Mexigonus arizonensis (Banks, 1904) – USA, Mexico
- Mexigonus dentichelis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
- Mexigonus minutus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) (type) – USA, Mexico
- Mexigonus morosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Mexigonus Edwards, 2003". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
- ^ Edwards, G. B. (2003). "A review of the Nearctic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico". Insecta Mundi. 16: 65–75.