Mecynogea

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Mecynogea

| image = Basilica Orbweaver - Mecynogea lemniscata, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg

| image_caption = M. lemniscata

| authority = Simon, 1903

| type_species = M. bigibba

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1903

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 9, see text

| synonyms =

• Allepeira Banks, 1932{{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=2003| title=The bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora (Araneae: Araneidae)| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| volume=157| pages=309–382}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Mecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1903| title=Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux.| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=21–39| volume=47| doi=10.5962/bhl.part.25299| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/25299| doi-access=free}} The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth".{{cite web| title=Genus Mecynogea| publisher=BugGuide| accessdate=2019-05-13| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1986}}