Mexigonus

Mexigonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Genus:Mexigonus
Edwards, 2002[1]
Type species
Sidusa minuta
Species

See text.

Diversity
4 species

Mexigonus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) found in the United States and Mexico.[1]

Name

The genus name is a reference to the occurrence of several species in Mexico.

Species

As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Mexigonus Edwards, 2003", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-03-08
  • 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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