Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Mecynogea
Genus
Mecynogea
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class
Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order
Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder
Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon
(Entelegynae)
Family
Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus
Mecynogea
Explanation of Names
Apparently from Greek mekyno (μηυνω)- "to spin out, lengthen, prolong" + gea (γεα)- "earth"
Gender: Feminine
Numbers
Only one species in the US
Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 16 February, 2004 - 1:20pm
Additional contributions by
john and jane balaban
,
Chuck Entz
Last updated 5 March, 2006 - 2:35am