Mecaphesa

Mecaphesa is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.

Species
it contains forty-nine species and one subspecies, found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and on Hawaii:
 * Mecaphesa aikoae (Schick, 1965) – USA
 * Mecaphesa anguliventris (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa arida (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa asperata (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America, Caribbean
 * Mecaphesa baltea (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa bubulcus (Suman, 1971) – Puerto Rico
 * Mecaphesa californica (Banks, 1896) – USA, Mexico, Hispaniola
 * Mecaphesa carletonica (Dondale & Redner, 1976) – USA, Canada
 * Mecaphesa cavata (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa celer (Hentz, 1847) – North, Central America
 * Mecaphesa cincta Simon, 1900 (type) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa coloradensis (Gertsch, 1933) – USA, Mexico
 * Mecaphesa damnosa (Keyserling, 1880) – Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
 * Mecaphesa decora (Banks, 1898) – Mexico, Guatemala
 * Mecaphesa deserti (Schick, 1965) – USA, Mexico
 * Mecaphesa devia (Gertsch, 1939) – USA
 * Mecaphesa discreta (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa dubia (Keyserling, 1880) – USA, Mexico
 * Mecaphesa edita (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa facunda (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa gabrielensis (Schick, 1965) – USA
 * Mecaphesa gertschi (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
 * Mecaphesa hiatus (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa imbricata (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa importuna (Keyserling, 1881) – USA
 * Mecaphesa i. belkini (Schick, 1965) – USA
 * Mecaphesa inclusa (Banks, 1902) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
 * Mecaphesa insulana (Keyserling, 1890) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa juncta (Suman, 1971) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa kanakana (Karsch, 1880) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa lepida (Thorell, 1877) – USA, Canada
 * Mecaphesa lowriei (Schick, 1970) – USA
 * Mecaphesa naevigera (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa nigrofrenata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa oreades (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa perkinsi Simon, 1904 – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa persimilis (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
 * Mecaphesa prosper (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – Guatemala
 * Mecaphesa quercina (Schick, 1965) – USA
 * Mecaphesa reddelli Baert, 2013 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
 * Mecaphesa revillagigedoensis (Jiménez, 1991) – Mexico
 * Mecaphesa rothi (Schick, 1965) – USA
 * Mecaphesa rufithorax (Simon, 1904) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa schlingeri (Schick, 1965) – USA
 * Mecaphesa semispinosa Simon, 1900 – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa sierrensis (Schick, 1965) – USA
 * Mecaphesa sjostedti (Berland, 1924) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
 * Mecaphesa spiralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Guatemala
 * Mecaphesa velata (Simon, 1900) – Hawaii
 * Mecaphesa verityi (Schick, 1965) – USA