Mecynogea infelix

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 infelix

Name

Mecynogea infelix (Soares & Camargo, 1948)

Type locality: Chavantina, margem esquerda do rio das Mortes, Estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil.

Holotype: [Departamento de Zoologia da Secretaria da Agricultura do Estado de São Paulo]. female ♀. n.o E.780. C. 1.300.

Synonymy

• Wixia infelix Soares & Camargo, 1948: 378 (original combination)
• Mecynogea infelix (Soares & Camargo): Levi, 1993: 56
• Mecynogea chavona Levi, 1997: 230
  • Type locality: Fincea Chenevo, 20km N Rio Muco, 20 km S El Porvenir, ca. 170 m, Depto. Meta, Colombia.
    • Holotype: MCZ. male ♂. 1979. legit W. Eberhard, no. 1391.

References

Primary references

• Soares, B.A.M. & Camargo, H.F.A. 1948. Aranhas coligidas pela Fundação Brasil-Central (Arachnida-Araneae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 10: 355-409. 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.