Mexigonus

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Mexigonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Tribe: Euophryini
Genus: Mexigonus
Edwards, 2002
Diversity
4 species
Type species
Sidusa minuta
F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901
Species

see text

Mexigonus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

[edit] Name

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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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