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Synemosyna

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Synemosyna
Synemosyna formica
S. petrunkevitchi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Simonella Peckham & Peckham, 1885[2]

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

Species

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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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