Synemosyna

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Synemosyna
Ant-mimic Jumping Spider - Synemosina formica, Leesylvania State Park, Woodbridge, Virginia - 15548258382.jpg
Synemosyna formica
Edwards Synemosyna petrunkevitchi 01.jpg
S. petrunkevitchi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Synemosyna
Hentz, 1846 [1]
Type species
S. formica
Hentz, 1846
Species

20, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • SimonellaPeckham & Peckham, 1885 [2]

Synemosyna is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846. [3]

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Species

S. formica from Maryland Ant-mimic Jumping Spider - Synemosyna formica, Carderock Park, Carderock, Maryland.jpg
S. formica from Maryland

As of August 2019 it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Synemosyna Hentz, 1846". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. Galiano, M. E. (1966). "Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes V. Revisión del género Synemosyna Hentz, 1846". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia. 1: 341.
  3. Hentz, N. M. (1846). "Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States". Boston Journal of Natural History. 5: 352–370.

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