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Mecaphesa
M. asperata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Mecaphesa Simon, 1900
Type species
M. cincta Simon, 1900
Species
49, see text

Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

Species

As of November 2022 it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii:

• Mecaphesa aikoae (Schick, 1965) – USA
• Mecaphesa anguliventris (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa arida (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America, Caribbean
• Mecaphesa baltea (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa bubulcus (Suman, 1971) – Puerto Rico
• Mecaphesa californica (Banks, 1896) – USA, Mexico, Hispaniola
• Mecaphesa carletonica (Dondale & Redner, 1976) – USA, Canada
• Mecaphesa cavata (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa celer (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America
• Mecaphesa cincta Simon, 1900 (type) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa coloradensis (Gertsch, 1933) – USA, Mexico
• Mecaphesa damnosa (Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
• Mecaphesa decora (Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Guatemala
• Mecaphesa deserti (Schick, 1965) – USA, Mexico
• Mecaphesa devia (Gertsch, 1939) – USA
• Mecaphesa discreta (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa dubia (Keyserling, 1880) – USA, Mexico
• Mecaphesa edita (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa facunda (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa gabrielensis (Schick, 1965) – USA
• Mecaphesa gertschi (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
• Mecaphesa hiatus (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa imbricata (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa importuna (Keyserling, 1881) – USA
  • Mecaphesa i. belkini (Schick, 1965) – USA
• Mecaphesa inclusa (Banks, 1902) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Mecaphesa insulana (Keyserling, 1890) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa juncta (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa kanakana (Karsch, 1880) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa lepida (Thorell, 1877) – USA, Canada
• Mecaphesa lowriei (Schick, 1970) – USA
• Mecaphesa naevigera (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa nigrofrenata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa oreades (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa perkinsi Simon, 1904 – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa persimilis (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
• Mecaphesa prosper (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Guatemala
• Mecaphesa quercina (Schick, 1965) – USA
• Mecaphesa reddelli Baert, 2013 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
• Mecaphesa revillagigedoensis (Jiménez, 1991) – Mexico
• Mecaphesa rothi (Schick, 1965) – USA
• Mecaphesa rufithorax (Simon, 1904) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa schlingeri (Schick, 1965) – USA
• Mecaphesa semispinosa Simon, 1900 – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa sierrensis (Schick, 1965) – USA
• Mecaphesa sjostedti (Berland, 1924) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
• Mecaphesa spiralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Guatemala
• Mecaphesa velata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
• Mecaphesa verityi (Schick, 1965) – USA

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References

1. ^ "Gen. Mecaphesa Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
2. Simon, E. (1900), "Arachnida", in Sharp, D. (ed.), Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the zoology of the Sandwich Isles: being results of the explorations instituted by the Royal Society of London promoting natural knowledge and the British Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 2

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