Synemosyna
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Synemosyna
| image = Ant-mimic_Jumping_Spider_-_Synemosina_formica,_Leesylvania_State_Park,_Woodbridge,_Virginia_-_15548258382.jpg
| image_caption = Synemosyna formica
| image2 = Edwards Synemosyna petrunkevitchi 01.jpg
| image2_caption = S. petrunkevitchi
| authority = Hentz, 1846
| type_species = S. formica
| type_species_authority = Hentz, 1846
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 20, see text
| synonyms =
- Simonella Peckham & Peckham, 1885{{cite journal| last=Galiano| first=M. E.| year=1966| title=Salticidae (Araneae) formiciformes V. Revisión del género Synemosyna Hentz, 1846| journal=Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia| volume=1| page=341}}
}}
Synemosyna is a genus of ant mimicking jumping spiders that was first described by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz in 1846.{{cite journal| last=Hentz| first=N. M.| year=1846| title=Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States| journal=Boston Journal of Natural History| pages=352–370| volume=5| author-link=Nicholas Marcellus Hentz}}
Species
File:Ant-mimic Jumping Spider - Synemosyna formica, Carderock Park, Carderock, Maryland.jpg
{{as of|2019|08}} it contains twenty species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, the United States, and Mexico:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Synemosyna Hentz, 1846| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-09-26| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2988| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- Synemosyna americana (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) – Mexico to Venezuela
- Synemosyna ankeli Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia
- Synemosyna aschnae Makhan, 2006 – Suriname
- Synemosyna aurantiaca (Mello-Leitão, 1917) – Colombia, Brazil, Argentina
- Synemosyna decipiens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Mexico, Guatemala
- Synemosyna edwardsi Cutler, 1985 – Mexico to Costa Rica
- Synemosyna formica Hentz, 1846 (type) – USA
- Synemosyna hentzi Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil
- Synemosyna invemar Cutler & Müller, 1991 – Colombia
- Synemosyna lauretta Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil, Argentina
- Synemosyna lucasi (Taczanowski, 1871) – Colombia to Peru and Guyana
- Synemosyna maddisoni Cutler, 1985 – Mexico, Guatemala
- Synemosyna myrmeciaeformis (Taczanowski, 1871) – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana
- Synemosyna nicaraguaensis Cutler, 1993 – Nicaragua
- Synemosyna paraensis Galiano, 1967 – Brazil, French Guiana
- Synemosyna petrunkevitchi (Chapin, 1922) – USA, Cuba
- Synemosyna scutata (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
- Synemosyna smithi Peckham & Peckham, 1894 – Cuba, St. Vincent
- Synemosyna taperae (Mello-Leitão, 1933) – Brazil
- Synemosyna ubicki Cutler, 1988 – Costa Rica
References
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External links
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/synemos/synemos.htm Photographs of Synemosyna species from Brazil]
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/synemos/sp-olson.htm Painting of Synemosyna sp.]
- [http://bugguide.net/node/view/54628 Picture of S. formica]
Further reading
- {{Cite journal |last1=Cala-Riquelme |first1=F. |date=2010 |title=Primer registro de Synemosyna petrunkevitchi (Chapin, 1922) (Araneae: Salticidae) en Cuba |journal=Novitates Caribaea |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=85–86 |doi=10.33800/nc.v0i3.179 |language=es|doi-access=free }}
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Category:Spiders of North America
Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by Nicholas Marcellus Hentz
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