Synemosyna

<i>Synemosyna</i>

Synemosyna

Genus of spiders

Synemosyna is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846.[3]

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Species

S. formica from Maryland

As of August 2019 it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico:[1]

  • Synemosyna americana (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Mexico to Venezuela
  • Synemosyna ankeli Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia
  • Synemosyna aschnae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
  • Synemosyna aurantiaca (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Colombia, Brazil, Argentina
  • Synemosyna decipiens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Guatemala
  • Synemosyna edwardsi Cutler, 1985 – Mexico to Costa Rica
  • Synemosyna formica Hentz, 1846 (type) – USA
  • Synemosyna hentzi Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil
  • Synemosyna invemar Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia
  • Synemosyna lauretta Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil, Argentina
  • Synemosyna lucasi (Taczanowski, 1871) – Colombia to Peru and Guyana
  • Synemosyna maddisoni Cutler, 1985 – Mexico, Guatemala
  • Synemosyna myrmeciaeformis (Taczanowski, 1871) – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
  • Synemosyna nicaraguaensis Cutler, 1993 – Nicaragua
  • Synemosyna paraensis Galiano, 1967 – Brazil, French Guiana
  • Synemosyna petrunkevitchi (Chapin, 1922) – USA, Cuba
  • Synemosyna scutata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
  • Synemosyna smithi Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Cuba, St. Vincent
  • Synemosyna taperae (Mello-Leitão, 1933) – Brazil
  • Synemosyna ubicki Cutler, 1988 – Costa Rica

References

  1. [1]
    Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Synemosyna Hentz, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. [2]
    Galiano, M. E. (1966). "Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes V. Revisión del género Synemosyna Hentz, 1846". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia. 1: 341.
  3. [3]
    Hentz, N. M. (1846). "Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States". Boston Journal of Natural History. 5: 352–370.

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