''Mecaphesa'' is a
genus
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of
crab spiders
The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of th ...
that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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Mecaphesa aikoae''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
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Mecaphesa anguliventris''
(Simon, 1900) –
Hawaii
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Mecaphesa arida''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa asperata''
( Hentz, 1847) – North,
Central America
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,
Caribbean
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Mecaphesa baltea''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa bubulcus''
(Suman, 1971) –
Puerto Rico
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Mecaphesa californica''
( Banks, 1896) – USA,
Mexico
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,
Hispaniola
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Mecaphesa carletonica''
(Dondale & Redner, 1976) – USA,
Canada
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Mecaphesa cavata''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa celer''
(Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America
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Mecaphesa cincta''
Simon, 1900 (
type) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa coloradensis''
(Gertsch
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, 1933) – USA, Mexico
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Mecaphesa damnosa''
( Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico,
Guatemala
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Panama
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Mecaphesa decora
''Mecaphesa'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by 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:
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(Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Guatemala
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Mecaphesa deserti''
(Schick, 1965) – USA, Mexico
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Mecaphesa devia''
(Gertsch, 1939) – USA
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Mecaphesa discreta''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa dubia''
(Keyserling, 1880) – USA, Mexico
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Mecaphesa edita''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa facunda''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa gabrielensis''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
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Mecaphesa gertschi''
(Kraus, 1955) –
El Salvador
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Mecaphesa hiatus''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa imbricata''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa importuna''
(Keyserling, 1881) – USA
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Mecaphesa i. belkini''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
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Mecaphesa inclusa''
(Banks, 1902) –
Ecuador
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(Galapagos Is.)
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Mecaphesa insulana''
(Keyserling, 1890) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa juncta''
(Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa kanakana''
( Karsch, 1880) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa lepida''
( Thorell, 1877) – USA, Canada
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Mecaphesa lowriei''
(Schick, 1970) – USA
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Mecaphesa naevigera''
(Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa nigrofrenata''
(Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa oreades''
(Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa perkinsi''
Simon, 1904 – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa persimilis''
(Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
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Mecaphesa prosper''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...
, 1896) – Guatemala
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Mecaphesa quercina''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
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Mecaphesa reddelli''
Baert, 2013 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
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Mecaphesa revillagigedoensis''
(Jiménez, 1991) – Mexico
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Mecaphesa rothi''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
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Mecaphesa rufithorax''
(Simon, 1904) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa schlingeri''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
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Mecaphesa semispinosa''
Simon, 1900 – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa sierrensis''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
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Mecaphesa sjostedti''
( Berland, 1924) –
Chile
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(Juan Fernandez Is.)
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Mecaphesa spiralis''
( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Guatemala
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Mecaphesa velata''
(Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
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Mecaphesa verityi''
(Schick, 1965) – USA
See also
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List of Thomisidae species
The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of thi ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Hawaii
Spiders of North America
Thomisidae
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