Mecynogea

Mecynogea is a genus of spiders in the family Araneidae. Mecynogea spiders have been sighted 8 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Mecynogea includes 1 countries and 3 states in the United States. Mecynogea is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of July.

Overview

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mecynogea

Author

Simon, 1903

Sightings Overview

There have been 8 confirmed sightings of Mecynogea, with the most recent sighting submitted on November 28, 2019 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 8 sightings because of certain Mecynogea sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 88% of the time, Mecynogea spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 8)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Mecynogea has been sighted 8 times outdoors, and 0 times indoors.
Outdoors: Low foliage (2). High foliage (6).

Location and Range

Mecynogea has been sighted in the following countries: United States.

Mecynogea has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, New Jersey, South Carolina.

Seasonality

Mecynogea has been primarily sighted during the month of July.

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April: 1
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July: 7
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Mecynogea Species

Mecynogea lemniscata
(Basilica Orb-weaver)

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