Mexigonus
| Mexigonus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Mexigonus Edwards, 2002[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sidusa minuta F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901[1]
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| Species | |
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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[update], 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
- ^ a b c d "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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