Mecynogea

Mecynogea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1903. The name is derived from the Greek mekyno (μηυνω), meaning "to lengthen", and "gea" (γεα), meaning "earth".

Species
it contains nine species in the Americas:
 * Mecynogea apatzingan Levi, 1997 – Mexico
 * Mecynogea bigibba Simon, 1903 – Brazil, Uruguay
 * Mecynogea buique Levi, 1997 – Brazil
 * Mecynogea erythromela (Holmberg, 1876) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile
 * Mecynogea infelix (Soares & Camargo, 1948) – Colombia, Brazil
 * Mecynogea lemniscata (Walckenaer, 1841) – USA to Argentina
 * Mecynogea martiana (Archer, 1958) – Cuba, Hispaniola
 * Mecynogea ocosingo Levi, 1997 – Mexico
 * Mecynogea sucre Levi, 1997 – Venezuela, Brazil