Mexigonus
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Mexigonus
| image = JAL14-8959_Mexigonus_male.jpg
| image_caption = Male Mexigonus sp. in Jalisco, Mexico
| type_species = M. minutus
| type_species_authority = (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4, see text
}}
Mexigonus is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by G. B. Edwards in 2003.{{cite journal| last=Edwards| first=G. B.| year=2003| title=A review of the Nearctic jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the subfamily Euophryinae north of Mexico| journal=Insecta Mundi| pages=65–75| volume=16| author-link=G. B. Edwards (entomologist)}} The name is a reference to Mexico, where the first identified species were found.
Species
{{as of|2019|07}} it contains four species, found only in Mexico and the United States:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Mexigonus Edwards, 2003| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-08-06| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2787| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Mexigonus arizonensis (Banks, 1904) – USA, Mexico
- Mexigonus dentichelis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
- Mexigonus minutus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) (type) – USA, Mexico
- Mexigonus morosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA
References
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Category:Spiders of the United States
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