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Genus Mexigonus

mystery jumper - Mexigonus morosus - female

mystery jumper - Mexigonus morosus - male

Menemerus bivittatus or Mexigonus minutus? - Mexigonus minutus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)

Genus Mexigonus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Numbers

There are 5 species that have been described, 3 of which should occur in BugGuide's range.

Range

US & Mexico(1)

Remarks

Members of this genus that should occur in BugGuide's range:

M. arizonensis

M. minutus

M. morosus

Works Cited

1.	The World Spider Catalog by Norman I. Platnick

Contributed by Ken Schneider on 29 July, 2009 - 8:21am
Additional contributions by cheins, v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 10:31pm

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