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Mecaphesa Gertschi
''Mecaphesa'' is a genus of Thomisidae, crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. Species it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii: *''Mecaphesa aikoae'' (Schick, 1965) – USA *''Mecaphesa anguliventris'' (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii *''Mecaphesa arida'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *''Mecaphesa asperata'' (Nicholas Marcellus Hentz, Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America, Caribbean *''Mecaphesa baltea'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *''Mecaphesa bubulcus'' (Suman, 1971) – Puerto Rico *''Mecaphesa californica'' (Nathan Banks, Banks, 1896) – USA, Mexico, Hispaniola *''Mecaphesa carletonica'' (Dondale & Redner, 1976) – USA, Canada *''Mecaphesa cavata'' (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii *''Mecaphesa celer'' (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America *''Mecaphesa cincta'' Simon, 1900 (Type_species, type) – Hawaii *''Mecaphesa coloradensis'' (Willis J. Gertsch, Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species. Work on spiders His most significant work was ''Histoire Naturelle des Araignées'' (1892–1903), an encyclopedic treatment of the spider genera of the world. It was published in two volumes of more than 1000 pages each, and the same number of drawings by Simon. Working at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, it took Simon 11 years to complete, while working at the same time on devising a taxonomic scheme that embraced the known taxa. Simon described a total of 4,650 species, and as of 2013 about 3,790 species are still considered valid. The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement. The Eocene fossil spider species '' Cenotextricella simoni'' was named in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |