Mecynogea lemniscata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Cyrtophorinae
Genus: Mecynogea
Species: Mecynogea lemniscata

Name

Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer, 1841)

Type locality: Georgia in America

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Linyphia lemniscata Walckenaer, 1841: 263 (original combination)
• Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer): Levi, 1980a: 13
• Argiope trivittata Pickard-Cambridge, 1889: 51

References

Primary references

• Archer, A.F. 1958. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 4. American Museum Novitates 1922: 1-21. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Levi, H.W. 1997. The American orb weavers of the genera Mecynogea, Manogea, Kapogea and Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 155: 215-255. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: The basilica orbweaver