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Genus: Mecynogea Simon, 1903 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Mecynogea infelix Soares & Camargo, 1948

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050272

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia, Brazil

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Taxonomic References

Wixia infelix Soares & Camargo, 1948a: 378, f. 35 (Df)

Mecynogea infelix Levi, 1993b: 56 (Tf from Wixia)

Mecynogea chavona Levi, 1997: 230, f. 65-66 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016396] Original description

Mecynogea bigibba Levi, 1997: 222, f. 10-14 (in part, some f, misident. per Martins & Santos, 2018: 425)

Mecynogea lemniscata Levi, 1997: 227, f. 46-48 (in part, some f, misident. per Martins & Santos, 2018: 425)

Mecynogea infelix Martins & Santos, 2018: 424, f. 1A-D, 2A-C, 3A-B, 4A-E, 5A-D, 6A-H, 7A-F, 8A-D, 14A (mf, removed from S of M. bigibba, contra Levi, 1997: 222; S of M. chavona)

References

Levi, H. W. (1993b). The Neotropical orb-weaving spiders of the genera Wixia, Pozonia, and Ocrepeira (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 153: 47-141. -- Show included taxa

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. -- Show included taxa

Martins, P. H. & Santos, A. J. (2018). Morphology and taxonomy of the orb-weaving spider genus Mecynogea, and a peculiar species of Argiope (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4415(3): 423-451. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4415.3.2 -- Show included taxa

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

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2018-05-01	Species synonymy	Martins & Santos, 2018		Mecynogea chavona synonymized with Mecynogea infelix
2018-05-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Levi, 1997
2018-05-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Levi, 1997
2018-05-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Martins & Santos, 2018
2018-05-01	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2018-05-01	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2018-05-01	Species updated	Martins & Santos, 2018	Old value	Removed synonymy